Hindi Film Geet Kosh and Related Publications

Below I describe briefly Hindi Film Geet Kosh and Listeners' Bulletin. For details, please visit

Hindi Film Geet Kosh

So far, 5 volumes of Hindi Film Geet Kosh have been published, one for each decade starting from 1931, the first year of Hindi talkies. In the Geet Kosh, there is one entry for each movie which includes year with other censor details, names of artists, director, producer and production company, opening line of every song with respective singer(s), lyricist(s), music director(s). Gramophone disc/CD/MC numbers are also included wherever available.

GEET KOSH
VOLUME

DECADE

PAGES

NUMBER OF
FILMS

APPROX.
NUMBER OF
SONGS

PRICE
[DELUXE
Edition]

PRICE
[LEATHER-BOUND
Edition]

VOLUME - I

1931-40

726

   931

9,000

$20

$25

VOLUME - II

1941-50

786

1,236

11,000

$22

$27

VOLUME - III

1951-60

744

1,160

9,000

$20

$25

VOLUME - IV

1961-70

668

1,007

7,000

$20

$25

VOLUME - V

1971-80

828

1,327

8,000

$22

$27

HINDI
FILMOGRAPHY

1981-99
App.[2000]
App.[2001-02]
App. [2003] App.[2004]  App.[2005]  App.[2006]

482
44
80
40      50      54      62 

3,381
243
448
222           246           250           222

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$55**

$60**

HINDI TALKIE
FILM INDEX

1931-87,
1988-2006

100
70

7,000
3,660

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$15**

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AIRMAIL POSTAGE FOR GEET KOSH VOLUMES IS $13 FOR THE FIRST BOOK AND $10 EACH FOR THE REMAINING; SEAMAIL POSTAGE IS $4 EACH.

** THE PRICE FOR FILMOGRAPHY AND INDEX INCLUDES AIRMAIL POSTAGE.

FULL LYRICS
GEET KOSH

PRICE
[DELUXE]

PRICE
[LEATHER-BOUND]

MUKESH
For more info, please visit Mukesh Page

$28
(includes airmail postage)

$33
(includes airmail postage)

KUNDAN LAL SAIGAL
For more info, please visit Saigal Page

$33
(includes airmail postage)

$40
(includes airmail postage)

Each book is sent by Registered Mail from Kanpur, India.

LISTENERS' BULLETIN is a periodical newspaper (9" x 11" size) that carries articles and accounts of interviews and correspondence with well-known and not-so-well-known lyricists, singers, music directors, and others. It is published 4 times a year. Each issue is priced at US $1 per copy including Air Mail. You can subscribe to it for three years at one time and the price for the three-year subscription is $12.
Please contact me for a sample copy.

As of November 2007, there are a total of 135 old issues available going back to 1971. The price for the whole bound set with detailed INDEX OF CONTENTS is US $70 for the Deluxe Edition (including Air Mail charge). For the Leather-Bound Edition of this set the price is $80.

An updated subject and name index is available for download here LISTENERS' BULLETIN INDEX. Current owners of LB will find it extremely useful. Prospective buyers can look at the wealth of subjects and the names of scores of movie people covered. Index of Contents is updated every time with the publication of new issue of the Bulletin.  Complete set of Bulletins published till date is provided to the interested music lovers.

Volume-VI [1981-85], Volume-VII [1986-90], etc. of the series are in preparation.

In order to learn more any of these items, you may visit the Hindi Film Geet Kosh page

Hindi Film Geet Kosh

If you are in US or Canada, you should send the money to me by personal check (or other means) in my name in US funds. Canadian orders, please add US$3.50 per check.

Please contact me by email or snail mail for further information.

Surjit Singh
PO Box 720911
San Diego, CA 92172-0911

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