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As far as I can tell the first international film festival was held in Venice in 1932.
The festival is still very active. From their website
The first "Esposizione d'Arte Cinematografica" came into being in 1932 as part of the 18th Venice Biennale (from 6 July to 21 August 1932) under the auspices of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, President of the Biennale, the sculptor Antonio Maraini, General Secretary, and Luciano De Feo, General Secretary of the International Institute for Educational Cinema, based in Rome. Luciano De Feo was the very first director-selector.
It was earlier called The Exhibition of the Cinematic Arts, now simply The Venice Film Festival.
In the second festival held in 1934, they invited the Indian film industry to send information about the industry, films to be shown and photos.
It was here that the first ever Indian film to win an international honorary diploma was shown, Seeta (1933).
I will be posting some photos from the festival report.
The next photo is that of the sound recordist L P Walwalkar.
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Identified by Pradeep Asrani and MN Sardana. One remains unknown. Thanks, Pradeep and MNS.
1009 Jauhari (1951), Ai Muhabbat Tere Jahan Men
1013 Jauhari (1951), Chhed Gaya Hai Kaun
1039 Kabhi Andhera Kabhi Ujala (1958), Bahon Ko Zara Lahra De
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1062 Naujawan (1951), Ik Ag Dahakata Hai Jawani
1063 Ek Nazar (1951), Ik Allad Ballad Chhoree
1069 Radha Krishna (1954), Ras Rachao Ji
1176 Shikast (1953), O Ghan Sanware
1186 Chalis Baba Ek Chor(1954), Sajanwa Ho Jo Sath
1208 Veer Bhimsen (1964), Kaisi Hay Ghadi Ye Ayi
1245 Sitaron Se Age (1958), Mehfil Men Aye Jo Aj Dhire Se
1259 Ustad Pedro (1951), O Jane Wali
1262 Non-Film, Sinye Suna Raha Hoon (Shiv Bhajan)
813 Miss Mala (1954), Pyar Karo Chup Chup
898 Baaz (1953), Chham 3, Ghunghar Baje
952 Raj Tilak (1958), Roop Ki Rani Baith Ke Doli
957 Shahenshah (1953), Shahi Ki Zanzeeren Todte Chalo
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February 24, 1984
Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz', Nalin Shah and Dr Prakash Joshi meet Lata Mangehskar.
From the Listeners' Bulletin issue of May 1984.
He writes:
Around 10:13 [AM], all three of us entered Lata's flat without any problem and seconds later we were graced with the presence of the Koyal-voiced world famous singer Lata. She said, please come, I have been waiting for you. Explaining my tardiness, I said, Lata ji, I had gone to invite Rajindar Krishan, but he became busy with looking at Volume 2, and he was reluctant to stop. Because I wanted to show you this volume also, I had to wait for him to finish, so we are late. [Note: In this Bombay visit, 'Hamraaz' went around inviting celebrities to the Volume 2 public release function that took place on February 25, 1984, at Jai Hind College, Churchgate, compered by Manohar Mahajan.] Then I showed Lata ji Volumes 2 and 3. (Actually about 4-5 days ago, Jhaveri Bhai, secretary to Asha Bhosle, had already shown Lata ji Volume 3, which they had discussed for half an hour.) After casually looking at the book, Lata ji surprised me with a question, So, Har Mandir ji, please tell me, how many songs have I sung? I had not expected this question, least of all from Lata ji, nor was this question in my list of items to discuss with her. After due respect and after apologizing again and again, I humbly said, Lata ji, I could be wrong, but having compiled the Geet Kosh, I surmise that the total number of all songs (all languages, film/non-film) would be between 10,000 and 15,000. Perhaps she was disappointed by my reply because her name had already been mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records, as the singer with the maximum number of songs (approximately 35,000).
Note: After 35 years of hard work, Snehasis Chatterjee estimates the number to be about 7,500. Photo from his Facebook page.
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