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Published: 07 February 2018

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I believe this is the first instance when in a song two people are calling each other dog and bitch. Of course, this us no abuse, these are terms of endearment

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Bharat 12 Lata Bahl

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Published: 22 November 2017

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In Musing 95, I mentioned a song from President (1937) having the words, Damned it. The person who says this and also sings the song is mostly unknown to the internet. The reason is that his name is not mentioned in the HFGK Volume 1 and the whole world copies from it mostly without acknowledgement.  And the reason for the absence is that the film was not available to Har Mandir Singh Hamraaz when he compiled that volume. The name is mentioned in the cast. He is Bikram Nahar who played the role of Jagdish Sethi's younger England-returned brother. Here is the cast

And here is Bikram Nahar

Finally here is the video of the whole sequence.

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Published: 22 October 2017

Last Updated: 22 October 2017

In this song from Dr Madhurika (1935), perhaps sung by Sabita Devi, I am hearing music coming from a wooden reed with holes, not quite flute. Judge for yourselves:

Listen to 1935_Dr-madhurikaa_09_moree-pyaaree-pyaaree-gaiyaa.mp3

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 Listen to Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati (1969)