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Published: 21 October 2018

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These are all silent films. Numbers are for first run only. Later they would run in minor circuits and even villages.

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Rafi 125

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Published: 17 December 2017

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This is the earliest song in which I hear whistling.

Listen to 1938_gopaal-kRishN_11_ratnon-jaisee-gauen.mp3

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Published: 24 October 2017

Last Updated: 24 October 2017

If you have listened to very early recordings from 1905 or so by Gauhar Jan and others, you couldn't have missed how they say, My name is Gauhar Jan etc. Looks like it was done in filmi songs (and perhaps in the theater songs) too. Here is the earliest example I could find

  Listen to faulaadee-mukkaa_01_duniyaa-kee-karanee-bharanee-hai.mp3

THe singer clears says the name of the production company, the film name and the name of the character.

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Listen to Tamanna (1969)