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Started in 1999 for songs. Most people had songs from the 78 RPMs, so I decided to upload songs from video. The first film was Devdas (1935). Found a 45 second song that very few had heard before because no record was issued and film was hard to get. Soon other people started contributing. I was surprised that people did not know how character artists looked like, Jagdish Kanwal, Chandabai etc. So, I put up about 200 images of such forgotten people. On surfing the net I found this book about 40s actresses, Filmi Titliyan, I put up a pdf and later some magazines also.
Recently, I re-vamped the Main page.
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To recap, Edwina had 4 sisters, Cecilia, Irene, Philomena and Marie. The first two were not in films. Philo's husband also was not in films. Edwina's husband Keith danced in just one film.
That leaves us with Marie. Both she and her husband (Bharat Shinde) were regulars, Marie (active 1955-1976, 91 films), Shinde (active 1951-1984, 120 films).
Here, from Anjaan (1956) Marie and Shinde, when they were very much in love (according to Edu), and Shinde a typical pose from the 60s.
I promise to get a pose from the 70s soon.
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I have known Jayaraman S for about 20 years. Yesterday, on seeing the post on the filmography update he wrote,
"What is the guarantee that yr inputs are cent percent correct?"
Answer: Sadly, nobody can guarantee that. I know that there are errors and omissions. I am hoping that knowledgeable people like Jay will help us improve the database.
We know that updating it is a never-ending process. To wit, just this morning I saw a post by Richard Singer, who identified the dancer in a song in Waris (1954) as Roshan Kumari! [I could not recognize her leading to a blank entry.] Thanks to him, I have updated the database. we need more people like him!
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- Musing 1230. Edwina Violette. J 290
- Musing 1022: "Bollywood" in 1969. J 104
- Musing 1052. Evolution of Filmography. J 130
- Musing 1024. Silent Cinema. J 106
- Musing 1048. Sitara (not Devi). J 126
- Musing 1114. Heera Sawant. J 184
- Musing 1075: More JFH Van der Auwera. J 147
- Musing 1128. First English Song.
- Musing 1094. Mohanlal Aima. J 164
- Musing 1079. Alladin Ka Chiragh or Charagh. J 151
- Musing 1084. 14 Reels. J 155
- Musing 1111. Tarzan Goes To India (1962). J 181
- Musing 1027. Filmography Update.
- Musing 1072: Lata 25,000 to 60,000. J 144
- Musing 1227. Ram Singh Thethi, Saxophone Player. J 287
