Denver Meet and my "Quiz"
Surjit Singh
Returned yesterday from the wonderful RMIM Denver 2003 meet. Hearfelt
thanks to Gargi, Guri and Arushi! Full report will come from Vijay Kumar
Saigalwalaa, as usual.
I gave an hour-long mid-term exam disguised as a "quiz". I distributed
126 numbered photos of Hindi film actors sans names. Here actor is
defined as any one who is listed in the cast of the movies in the bible,
Hindi Film Geet Kosh. There are about 7,600 people (1931-1980) listed. I
would guess that by 2003 we can add another 2,400.
So look at the 126 pictures and see how many you know the names of and
how many you recognize as having seen. Solution with comments in about
10 days.
http://hindi-movies-songs.com/actor-photos/Actor_Photos.html
Look out for
The lady who played 9 roles in a silent movie.
Iftekhar's sister.
Ritu's uncle.
Fitna of Barsat Ki Rat.
The one who is called Anjana Mumtaz these days.
Two Sitas.
The blind singer and his handicapped friend from Dosti.
Johny Walker's brother.
The first singer of the first Hindi film song [in Alamara (1931)].
Many perennial moms, uncles and sisters.
The qawwali loser in Barsat Ki Rat.
The "madrasi" of AVM movies.
javaan ho yaa bu.Dhiyaa singer from Bhabhi.
Agha dressed as a female.
Producer, director of crime/suspense movies.
Preeti Bala who became Zeb Rehman.
Bhagwan Sinha.
The producer who gave Bina Rai and 2 others a break.
More later.
--
Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period.
http://hindi-movies-songs.com/index.html
Surjit Singh
Surjit Singh wrote:
> Hi RMIMers:
>
> http://hindi-movies-songs.com/actor-photos/Actor_Photos.html
Some More hints:
Among numbers 1-42, look out for
One of the Puri brothers.
I have never seen John chacha with hair.
He said he wished he was Prem Nath.
Not Indira Billi, but.
He was one of the 2 sadhus in Guide. The other was Narbada Shankar (not
pictured).
Dilip's fireman brother in Leader.
chalat musafir moh from Tiisarii Qasam was picturized on him.
Mehmood's girl friend's father, often.
Sharmila's dad in Anupama.
He and Mumtaz's sister were introduced in Dil Deke Dekho.
Dilip Raj's dad.
She has a perfect bihari accent.
Surendra slapped him in Anmol Ghadi.
Veena's brother.
Balaji Murthy
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> I have never seen John chacha with hair.
Kismat? I think he is in the song 'Aaj himalay ki choti ne'. He did seem to
have hair there.
- Balaji
Srinivas Ganti
"Balaji Murthy" <bmu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Has anyone seen David with hair ? IIRC even in Nadiya Ke Paar(1948) he
was bald.
sg.
Surjit Singh
Balaji may be partly right, because in qismat he may have some hair to
part. He had an extended role. I believe he was mostly bald. Will check.
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> sg.
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Ashok
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>Srinivas Ganti wrote:
>> "Balaji Murthy" <bmu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:bkva65$c8u$1...@news01.intel.com...
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>>>"Surjit Singh" <surjit...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>>>I have never seen John chacha with hair.
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>>>Kismat? I think he is in the song 'Aaj himalay ki choti ne'. He did seem
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>> to
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>>>have hair there.
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>part.
You have come with an interesting new meaning for "partly". :)
Ashok
Surjit Singh
> In article <bl0259$6rs96$1...@ID-159547.news.uni-berlin.de>, surjit...@yahoo.com says...
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>>Srinivas Ganti wrote:
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>>>"Balaji Murthy" <bmu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>>>"Surjit Singh" <surjit...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:bku25u$5r1fp$2...@ID-159547.news.uni-berlin.de...
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>>>>>I have never seen John chacha with hair.
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>>>>Kismat? I think he is in the song 'Aaj himalay ki choti ne'. He did seem
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>>>to
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>>>>have hair there.
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>>Balaji may be partly right, because in qismat he may have some hair to
>>part.
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I saw qismat (1943) again. I just love this movie! John Chacha (playing
a pawnbroker) is always shown with a dark cap covering his head with
hair coming out from the sides. At one time the hero beats him up, but,
true to film tradition, his cap stays on! So, I can still say that I
have never seen John Chacha with hair!
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> You have come with an interesting new meaning for "partly". :)
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> Ashok
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Sudhir
Wonderful job. In your comments (to be posted soon), may
be you can assign a popular-name to some of these artist,
similar to one what you have assigned to Mr. David
(John Chacha)
Nazir Hussain = Mr. Heart Attack
Gope: Telephoon from Rangoon
Bhagwan: Rolly-Polly
Kishore Sahu: Marco
Manmohan Krishan: Teardrops in my Eyes
Asit Sen: Gopi Chand 'Jasoos'
Sheikh Mukhtayar: Mr. Lambu
Kalpana Kartik: Rajput
Bhawan Sinha: Wah Beta
Rehman: Chenoy Seth
Bir Sakhuja: Kahin Pe Nighahen ...
Iftekhar: Bombay Police
Durga Khote: Jodha Bai
Veena: (? - her character's name in film: DASTAN)
Kanhaiya Lal (? - his character's name in film: MOM INDIA)
Incidetally, solution may not be required. The images are not
encrypted (The Cat is out of the Hat)
Sudhir
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Sudhir
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Veena: Terror In Sister-Land
Kanhaiya Lal: Sukhi Lala
Sudhir
Surjit Singh
Amjad's dad
Shyama's dad from Barsat Ki Rat
Haridas from Baiju Bawra
The grandpa from Teen Batti Char Rasta
Bhagwan's wifr from Chori 2
Babita's uncle
Pran's wife from Bahar
Hero of the super musical hit Rattan
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The other girl in Badal
Madhu's dad in Dil Ki Rani and Valmiki
Suraiyya's premi in Badi Behan
The heroine of superhit Qismat
Raj's brother in Do Ustad
Sitara was his mausi
Singer-actress-MD who sang hit songs in Qismat
The friend who helps a surprise in Lajwanti
Answers very soon.
Surjit Singh
Here is how to see the names of the 126 people pictured on my website.
Just use View Page Source on Netscape
or
View Source on Internet Explorer. You will see the names following the
code like alt=
Or, just use a very slow [:)] connection and the name will be displayed
as alternate text.
Very soon, I will write the names and some remarks beside the numbers.