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This silent film ran for 24 weeks continuously in Calcutta. Then it was released in the West-End cinema in Bombay on November 9, 1929. I am not sure how long it ran there.

The image is from the book

Silent Cinema In India 1913 – 1934, When Silence Spoke In Celluloid

by Sanjeev Tanwar.

https://hindi-movies-songs.com/joomla/index.php/hindi-films/books/2308-musing-957-encyclopedia-of-silent-cinema

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Published: 21 October 2025

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Before she made her debut as Dev Anand's sister in the film Dilruba (1950), she used to appear in radio dramas in Lahore.

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Published: 27 October 2025

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I have heard and seen this happen from the balcony in Minerva Theater in 1975 and 1976.

The clip is from a film Cinema Cinema (1979) by Krishna Shah of Shalimar fame.

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