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Published: 30 October 2017

Last Updated: 30 October 2017

In the British days, they did not care for kissing etc. but censored the political stuff with a heavy hand. Many examples exist. After independence, we still banned kissing etc, but also material that was deemed to be sensitive for religious or/and political reasons. What kind of scenes did they censor? I used to read in the magazines details of scenes that were cut, skirt above knees, dress too revealing etc. But I could never find an example of what was cut. Not until now! Here is an image from a deleted scene from 5 Rifles (1974)

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 Listen to Pushpanjali (1970)

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Published: 10 July 2018

Last Updated: 10 July 2018

Everybody knows taht Kismet (1943) ran at Roxy Calcutta during its first run for 187 weeks. It is not too well-known but it ran fabulously in many other cities. Here is a report from filmindia of November 1945, when it was in the 112th week at Calcutta.

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Rafi 58

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Published: 17 March 2018

Last Updated: 17 March 2018

Here are the lyrics of the original version of 'inheen logon ne' recorded by Akhtari Jaan

Miss Akhtari Jaan P 3682 Daadraa

inheen logon ne le leenaa dupaTTaa meraa

na jaano bajajavaa se poochho

jis ne ashrafee gaz deenaa dupaTTaa meraa - inheen ...

na jaano rangarajavaa se poochho

jis ne gulaabee rang deenaa dupaTTaa meraa - inheen ...

na jaano more saiyaaN se poochho

jis ne uDaakai mazaa leenaa dupaTTaa meraa - inheen ...

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Bharat 49 Lata Shyam Sunder