Nilanjana S Roy: Reading India in 1947

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As 1947 began, Geeta Dutt sang Mera Sunder Sapna Beet Gaya across North Indian cinema theatres - the film was Do Bhai, the posters showing two brothers separated by the figure of a woman, her face disturbed, one brother looking down in sadness, the other staring out of the frame. Audiences also loved Nasir Khan and Indumati in Shehnai, and the young actor Dilip Kumar was about to make his name as the country's most beloved idol in Jugnu. His co-star Noor Jehan, who would leave India for Pakistan after Partition, sang Yahan Badala Wafa Ka, along with Mohammed Rafi: "Yahan badala ...

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Nilanjana S Roy: Reading India in 1947