When Harmonium was banned at All India Radio
“If you can ban Harmonium from the music programs at All India Radio then it will be very beneficial for Hindustani music.” – Rabindranath Tagore
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Nazir Hussain, Father of Bhojpuri cinema was a soldier of Azad Hind Fauj
Nazir Hussain, a Azad Hind Fauj soldier personally admired by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, is the father of Bhojpuri cinema. He wrote the 1st movie on INA in 1950.
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Why did Mohammed Rafi go to Haj? The real reason
People welcomed him, and his family, as a pilgrim coming back from one of the most sacred places of Islam. While in fact, he did not plan to visit Makkah and Medina.
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Dilip Kumar & Raj Kapoor : A Friendship from Peshawar to Mumbai
He could not utter a word and sat coyly in his seat till the two girls alighted the tonga at the Radio Club. Needless to say, Raj Kapoor could not bring Dilip Kumar out of introvert self. Later on, film critics would compare these two friends as film actors.
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Hattie McDaniel: The First Black Oscar Winner
Hattie McDaniel was an African American actress who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind. She was the first African American to win an Oscar.
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