One of the main problems of building a database of Indian films is disambiguation. [This is not a problem in Hollywood. there the new actors are persuaded to change their names even if slightly. Famously Michael Fox, the young kid, had to change his name to Michael J Fox because there was an established actor with the same name.] In our film industry, so many people have similar names, eg Rakjumar, and there are many common names like Asha, Moti etc. It's very difficult to know which one is which. Old books and magazines and movies are sometimes helpful. I have been trying very hard to disambiguate.

Sometimes you get lucky! My dear friend Manju Amarnath mentioned yesterday that one of her sister Madhu's friends is a niece of Kishore Sahu and her dad Ramesh Gupta acted in a few movies.

She provided me with a poster of the film Bijli, In which two of her uncles had acted, Sushil Sahu and Vilas Mohbe. She also gave me her phone number. I was lucky to talk to Kanan today. She clarified that the lyricist Ramesh Gupta was a different person. She also provided me with more photos.

I have used this information in the database.
Now You Know!