Hindi Film Geet Kosh
(Encyclopaedia of Hindi Film Songs)

    Beginning from the advent of  talkie films in India i.e. 1931, decade-wise 5 volumes of Hindi Film Geet Kosh have since been published in book (paper) form.  In addition to the year of release, names of artists, director and production company of every film, opening line of every song with respective singer, lyricist, music director and gramophone disc number have been given therein.  Microgroove Gramophone disc/CD/MC numbers have also been included wherever available.
         First of all, Volume - III [1951-60], containing details of 1,163 Hindi films censored during the decade, was published in January 1980.  2nd - Revised and Enlarged - edition of  Volume-III [1951-60] has also been released on 5th April 1997 by Maestro Kalyanji in Bombay.
     Volume - II [1941-50] was released by Maestro Naushad Ali in Bombay on 25th February 1984.
        Volume-IV [1961-70] was released by Maestro Anil Biswas on his 73rd birthday i.e. 7th of July 1986 in New Delhi.
        Volume-I [1931-40] alongwith Hindi Talkie Film Index [1931-87] was released in Bombay on 8th October 1988 in the presence of Maestro Madhulal Damodar Master who started composing music for Hindi films right from the advent of talkie films i.e.1931 !
        Volume-V [1971- 80], containing details 8,000 songs of 1,327 films, was released by Maestro Sudhir Phadke in Bombay on 31st March 1991.
         Pending publication of Volume-VI [1981-85], Volume-VII [1986-90], etc. in the series, another compendium HINDI FILMOGRAPHY [1981-2006] has also been published in English carrying brief details [viz. name of the producer, director, lyricist, music director, artists, banner, year and censor details] of 4,769 Hindi feature film censored between 1981 and 2006.  It is proposed to update this book every year.
        The language of these volumes is Hindi-English mix with title indices in English &  Hindi  both.  Hindi Talkie Film Index and its Appendix have been published in English.  Barring Volume-III, since all the stock of other volumes has since been sold out, xerox editions (properly bound in book form) are being supplied to music lovers on demand.
        A complete bilingual (Hindi-English) reference compendium titled 'JAB DIL HI TOOT GAYA' of Immortal Singer K.L. Saigal has also been published with active support of Harish Raghuwanshi [Co-compiler] which carries full text with respective credits of his 185 songs and informative articles, photographs, etc., etc. in 472 glazed white pages [9"x11.5"].
        Price, postage, etc. for different volumes of Hindi Film Geet Kosh, etc. are given as under :-

                                  (All currency quoted here is in Indian Rupees)
HINDI FILM GEET KOSH  PAGES  RELEASE  FILMS  SONGS  DELUXE SUPER-DELUXE#

Vol.-I     [1931-40]                 726      08.10.1988        931      9,000     Rs.800/-      Rs.1,000/-
Vol.-II    [1941-50]                 786     25.02.1984     1,236    11,000     Rs.900/-      Rs.1,100/-
Vol.-III   [1951-60] *              744      05.04.1997   1,160       9,000     Rs.800/-      Rs.1,000/-
Vol.-IV   [1961-70]                 668      07.07.1986   1,007       7,000     Rs.800/-      Rs.1,000/-
Vol.-V    [1971-80]                 828     31.03.1991    1,327       8,000     Rs.900/-      Rs.1,100/-

Hindi Talkie Film Index
                 1931- 1987      92     08.10.1988       7,000     --------    Rs.200/-        ---------
                      1988-2006      70     18.11.2007       4,770     --------    Rs.150/-        ---------

Hindi Filmography

               1981- 1999     482      01.05.2000      3,138      --------    Rs.800/-       Rs.1,000/-
 
       Appendix [2000]       44       01.08.2001         243      --------    Rs.100/-        ----------

     Appendix [2001-02]      80      13.04.2003          448       --------   Rs.200/-        ----------

        Appendix [2003]      40      13.04.2005          222       --------    Rs.100/-        ----------

          Appendix [2004]      50      14.03.2007          245       --------    Rs.100/-        ----------

          Appendix [2005]      54      15.08.2007          250       --------    Rs.100/-        ----------

          Appendix [2006]      52      02.10.2007         222       --------    Rs.100/-         ----------

 

Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya
                                   472     03.04.2004        39         185      Rs.800/-      Rs.1,000/-

                         * 2nd Edition (First edition released in January 1980)
Packing & Postage  :
          Destination India   :   Rs.60/- per copy
                          Foreign   :   Sea Mail : Rs.150/- per copy

                                              Air-Mail : Rs.550/- per copy

# Leather-bound [Ideal for libraries] with book name, etc. embossed  in golden letters on spine

   Compiled & Published by Mr.Harish Raghuwanshi of Surat, arrangements have also been made to provide xerox editions of Mukesh Geet Kosh  and Gujarati Film Geet Kosh on demand; Price : Rs.600/- each [Leather-bound : Rs.800/- each];
  Packing & Postage  :   India - Rs.60/- per copy
                                        Foreign -  Sea Mail : Rs.150/-      Air-Mail : Rs. 500/-

        Remittances for different volumes of Hindi Film Geet Kosh, Film Indices, Listeners' Bulletin, etc. may kindly be sent by means of bank draft or pay order (Please avoid remittance by personal cheque.) favouring Mrs.Satinder Kaur made payable at Kanpur [India] at 'DREAMLAND',  HIG-545, Ratan Lal Nagar, Kanpur 208 022 INDIA [Phone : 91 - 512 - 2281211]If the bank’s draft/pay order is made payable at other than Kanpur city,  kindly remit Rs.100/- extra towards collection charges.  All the currency quoted herein is in Indian Rupees.  As soon as the remittance is received, book(s) will be despatched by Registered Sea/Air Mail post at the earliest.
        Music lovers, residing in U.S.A./Canada and desirous of purchasing the books, can make payment to Dr.Surjit Singh (surjit_singh@yahoo.com) of San Diego, CA (USA) after visiting his Home Page (http://hindi-movies-songs.com) to ascertain the exact amount of remittance in US Dollars.