Errors in article

In Jhumroo,Madhubala was cast opposite Kishore Kumar. R.D.Burmans first hit song was the Lata-Rafi duet,Matwali aankhon wale that stood fifth in the Binaca Geet Mala annual programme.

Also,in the list of grossers,V. Shantarams Stree,Nazrana and Homi Wadias Sampoorna Ramayan were silver jubilee hits.

Shailesh H Pandya Bhuj

Rajiv Vijayakar replies:

In those days of irksome distribution issues unlike today when movies release on the same day worldwide,a film would often release in different years in various parts of India. For example,I watched Mehboob Ki Mehndi in 1971 in the North and it released in Mumbai in 1974. Multiple sources list all the films I have mentioned as 1961 releases.

According to Manoj Kumar,Kaanch Ki Gudiya was his first film as a hero. Maybe Honeymoon got released first. It is also difficult to assess past box-office performance which is the ratio of cost to profit and not jubilee runs as different sources quote diverse lists. Ghar aaja is the prime song still famous from Chhote Nawab and it was a natural assumption that it had been the biggest hit song even then.

The Jhumroo and Sharda errors and the erroneous statement that Junglee was in black-and-white are,however,sincerely regretted.