Talk:Manek Premchand

A fact from Manek Premchand appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 January 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Manek Premchand estimated that 4,334 Hindi films made between 1930 and 1970 depicted around 36,000 songs?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:08, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Manek Premchand estimated that 4,334 Hindi films made between 1930 and 1970 depicted around 36,000 songs? Premchand estimates that there were about 36,000 songs in approximately 4334 Hindi films made between the years 1930 and 1970...[1]
- ALT1:... that Manek Premchand revealed who blew the whistle in Kati Patang? who might have played the whistle in Ye shaam mastani from Kati Patang (1970). I refer to a book called Hitting The Right Notes (author Manek Premchand)...[2]

Reviewed: Millicent Taplin

Created by Whispyhistory (talk). Self-nominated at 19:12, 15 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]

The article is long enough and new enough with no copyright violations. A QPQ has been completed. I prefer the first hook as the most interesting. The hook is directly cited. This is ready. SL93 (talk) 19:42, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]