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List of cinemas in Bombay in 1949.

Star before the name means it shows English movies only.

The number in brackets indicate approximate number of seats available.

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Film Bhaijan (1945) smashes all records at Taj-Mahal cinema hall in Karachi.

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Mr Parikh was a Vaishnav Gujarati and Miss Lakdawala was Bohra Muslim.

Their families disapproved of the match but they got married anyway on August 1st 1941 in a civil court.

Their common friend Ayub hosted a celebration at Purohit, a vegetarian restaurant with close friends.  

Asha Parikh was born on Oct 2, 1942. Slowly the families relented and everything was OK.

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  1. Musing 2457. Gauhar Sultan in 1942
  2. Musing 2546. Uday Kumar in 1949
  3. Musing 2544. Shorey Studio Fire (1946)
  4. Musing 2456. Asian Film Directory 1952
  5. Musing 2527. Chand Sodagar (Bengali)
  6. Musing 2471. Miss Beena in 1935
  7. Musing 2474. V G Motwane in 1935
  8. Musing 2495. Naseeb (1945)
  9. Musing 2518. Minerva Grand Opening 1933
  10. Musing 2553. When did Pankaj Mullick record his version songs.
  11. Musing 2588. Internet Archive Uploads
  12. Musing 2478. Dinanath Mangeshkar in 1935
  13. Musing 2583. Madhubala again
  14. Musing 2458. Harindranath Chattopadhyaya in 1942
  15. Musing 2541. S Mukherjee