# Transliterated Phantom Strips

Updated:18th July
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Friends,late Lee Falk wrote a total of 150 Sunday Strips and 195 Daily Strips,means a total of 345 strips in all.Times of India publication  published 105 Sunday and 111 Daily Strips under banner of Indrajal comics in both English and Hindi language,meaning that a total of 216 strips out of 345 were published in Hindi,thus leaving behind 129 strips which were never published in Hindi in India(except a very few which were published by Diamond comics publication).

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# Kimberly's Diamonds

The Kimberly Diamonds is another among one of my favorite Phantom story which was published as Daily Strip No.154 spanning from 28th May to 9th Sept.1984.
It was also published by Indrajal comics in two parts subsequently titled as 'Curse Of The Kimberly Diamonds' in Vol.22 No.43 & 44.(1985)
This is one of those rare stories in which adventure passes from father to son and the left out job of 20th Phantom was eventually completed by his son,21st Phantom.

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# The Jungle Patrol

दोस्तों काफ़ी मुद्दत से इस मौजूं पर लिखने की सोच रहा था जिसपर ज़िक्र करने के लिए मेरी उँगलियाँ इस वक़्त कीबोर्ड पर थिरक रही हैं.यूँ तो वेताल की मरहूम फ़ाल्क लिखित सभी कहानियां अपने आप में बेजोड़ हैं लेकिन वो कहानियां जिसमे वेताल पुरखों के कारनामे बयान किये गए हैं वो अपने-आप में लासानी(बेमिसाल)और लाफ़ानी(अमर)हैं.ऐसी ही एक कहानी है जो यह बताती है की जंगल गश्ती दल कैसे वजूद में आया,और यह कहानी है The Founding of Jungle Patrol(Sunday Strip No.64).

यह कहानी 12th वेताल के समय की है जिसमे वेताल ने समुद्री दस्यु के सबसे बदनाम दल को ख़त्म कर उन्ही के द्वारा जंगल गश्ती दल की स्थापना की.....है न अचरज की बात!

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# Madhumuskan No.351

दोस्तों एक तवील(लम्बे) वक्फ़े(अन्तराल) के बाद मैं दोबारा हाज़िर हूँ एक कॉमिक आप सब की खिदमत में लेकर.दरअसल पिछले कुछ वक़्त से कॉमिक्स की दुनिया से दिल कुछ उचाट सा हो गया था जो की वायस(वजह) था कॉमिक पोस्टिंग को लेकर मेरी उदासीनता का.वैसे भी जैसा के आप लोग जानते ही हैं की महज़ कॉमिक पोस्टिंग करना मेरा मक़सद नहीं,मेरा मक़सद तो दरअसल कॉमिक्स के साथ आप लोगों के साथ उनसे जुडी यादें सुनना और सुनाना है.

ऐसी ही आज की कॉमिक है मधुमुस्कान का अंक न.351.मधुमुस्कान,जैसा की आपको मालूम होगा ही,एक ऐसी हास्य पत्रिका थी जो सरल हास्य के साथ अन्दर तक गुदगुदा देती थी जिसमे जगदीश,हरीश सूदन

,हुसैन ज़ामिन,अंसार अख्तर,पाशा आदि कलाकारों की रचनायें बेहद सशक्त और मनोरंजक हुआ करती थी.

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# Nostalgic Dive

It always feel nice to go through the film magazines of bygone era as it feels like a journey through time machine in that bright past(for movies past was always brighter)era of films which was cleaner,much adorable and comparatively more appreciative.
To view the photos of those movies in making which we have cherished and enjoyed gives a feel as we are present on the sets itself,to view the photographs of actor/actress/character artists of those times feels like having a trip right into the lives of these stars,to view/read about the happenings of those times seems to bring back that gone era live in front of eyes.
This post is among one of such posts which tries to bring back the memories of that passed phase of Indian movies through these vintage magazines.

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# Safi Reloaded

दोस्तों,मशहूर और मारूफ़ नॉवेलिस्ट इब्ने सफ़ी के पुराने उपन्यासों का पुनर्प्रकाशन हार्पर-कोलिन्स प्रकाशन द्वारा हाल में ही किया गया है जिसके प्रथम चरण में पूर्व में जासूसी दुनिया(निकहत प्रकाशन,इलाहबाद) द्वारा प्रकाशित प्रथम आठ उपन्यासों को हिंदी में प्रकाशित किया गया है.

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#Stardust Annuals

Very recently i got the opportunity to lay my hands on very early issues of Stardust Annuals from which i am posting the covers of few of its initial issues.
Stardust,a gossip and paparazzi magazine which intended to dig and highlight the personal and private dark side of Bollywood stars,was introduced in 1972 with a motive to gain quick popularity and business by bringing out in public the dark side of life of Bollywood stars which was against their screen image and which they wished to be remained concealed. 

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# Rekha's Marriage

In the ongoing series of posting interesting and nostalgic articles from old filmy magazines here is presented a article which appeared in Filmfare magazine of 1990 on Rekha marriage with Mukesh Agarwal,owner of Hotline Appliances.This tongue teaser,hyped and surprise marriage ended tragically with the suicide of Mukesh in mysterious circumstances,which only added mysterious flavor to Rekha's personality.

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# Nandan

Yesterday while fiddling through some old magazines of my collection i came across with some early issues of Nandan,a children magazine,which i hope many of you must be remembering to have had read in your childhood as do i.
Nandan was a Hindustan Times publication which was started in November 1964 in fond memory of India's very first prime minister Mr.Jawaharlal Nehru and hence its very first issue was dedicated to this late prime minister.

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Naveen Nischol

Few days back veteran actor Naveen Nischol passed away due to heart attack when he was traveling with his friend Randhir Kapoor from Mumbai to Pune.A lot of have been printed and said about him as obituary in print media,so instead of repeating what have already been said about him i am posting a interview of him which appeared in a magazine after success of his very first movie 'Sawan Bhadon'(1970).

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