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    <title><![CDATA[Sound Cultures in Indian Cinema]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
    <managingEditor>ritwickpal@gmail.com (Sound Cultures in Indian Cinema)</managingEditor>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sesh Parichay]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">An advertisement of Sushil Majumdar&acirc;&euro;&trade;s &acirc;&euro;&tilde;Sesh Parichay&acirc;&euro;&trade; music directed by Hemanta Mukhopadhyay and Produced by Spar Pvt. Ltd. </div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Rupa-Mancha, Ashwin-Karttik 1956(1363), p.276</div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jadubhatta]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Talkies, advertisements </div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">An advertisement of Niren Lahiri&acirc;&euro;&trade;s &acirc;&euro;&tilde;Jadubhatta&acirc;&euro;&trade; music directed by Jnan Prakash Ghosh and distributed by Nandan Pictures Ltd. </div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Rupa-Mancha, Ashwin 1954(1361), p. 200</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1954</div>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Elphinstone Cinema/Rangila Rajput]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text"> Elphinstone Cinema/Rangila Rajput</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">The advertisement for film Ajanta Cinetone&acirc;&euro;&trade;s Rangila Rajput (Mohan Bhavnani, 1933) highlighted a &acirc;&euro;&oelig;lot of riding, fighting &amp; swimming,&acirc;&euro; echoing and revising the &acirc;&euro;&oelig;100 percent talking, singing, dancing&acirc;&euro; of the early talkies.<br />
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                                    <div class="element-text">The Cinema, November 1933, Vol.8, No.1, p.6</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1933-11</div>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sagarâ€™s Super Talkies]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Advertisement of Sagar Movietone&acirc;&euro;&trade;s &acirc;&euro;&oelig;super talkies&acirc;&euro; in the Cinema. The advert highlights &acirc;&euro;&oelig;clear recording, able direction, scientific singing&acirc;&euro; etc., as the hallmarks of Sagar&acirc;&euro;&trade;s super talkies. Prominently, the advert foregrounds Mirabai besides other talkies ready for exhibition and others under production, like Zarina, Subhadra Haran, Krishna Bhagwan, Krishna Sudama, Narasinh Mehta etc. the agents of Sagar&acirc;&euro;&trade;s talkies are listed at the end. </div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">The Cinema, April 1932, Vol.5, No.8, p.8</div>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakdaman Raqasa]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Fezi Sound System was used for Elephanta Movietone&acirc;&euro;&trade;s 1932 talkie Pakdaman Raqasa or Innocent Dancing Girl directed by Shah G. Agha. Nazir Mohammad himself recorded the sound, and the film was advertised for distributors and exhibitors as one with &acirc;&euro;&oelig;perfect and clear recording.<br />
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