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COUNTING OUR SERIES ON BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF THE INDIAN SCREEN: Kumari Prema Borekar, the heroine of the Thirties. * Johnny Walker's real na...

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COUNTING OUR SERIES ON BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF THE INDIAN SCREEN: Kumari Prema Borekar, the heroine of the Thirties.

* Johnny Walker’s real name is Badruddin Kazi.

* The film title Satyamev Jayate was later on changed to Shreeman Satyawaadi (1960, Director: S M Abbas) of Roopkala Pictures.

* Naujawaan (1937, Director: Aspi) of Wadia Movietone was the first film made without any songs.

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* PC (produced by the Children’s Film Society) was made into 10 different languages.

* Do Bigha Zamin (1953, Director: Bimal Roy) won the first Filmfare Award in 1954 in the Best Film category.

* Parakh‘s (1960, Director: Bimal Roy) story was written by music director Salil Choudhary.

* Naazneen (1951, Director: N K Ziree) was Amjad Khan’s first film as a child artist.

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* Sheeshaa (1952, Director: Shahid Latif) was Kum Kum’s first film.

* Sairandhri (1933, Director: V Shantaram) of Prabhat Studio, processed and printed in Germany, was India’s first ever colour film.

* The tradition of playback singing in films started with Mein Khush Hona Chahun, Khush Ho Na Shaku Jab Tak Tera… of Dhoop Chhaaon or Bhagya Chakra (1935, Director: Nitin Bose) of New Theatres. The music was scored by Ray Chand Boral and Pankaj Mullick. The song, written by Pandit Sudarshan, was sung by Parul Ghosh, Suprova Sarkar and Harimati.

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