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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 16:16, 1 May 2013 (UTC).

Master Vithal

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Master Vithal pictured with the heroine Zubeida in the film Alam Ara

  • ... that Master Vithal, (pictured with the heroine in the film Alam Ara), the hero of India's first talkie Alam Ara and many silent stunt films, was known as the "Douglas Fairbanks of India"?

Created by Nvvchar (talk), Redtigerxyz (talk). Nominated by Nvvchar (talk) at 02:05, 8 April 2013 (UTC).

Requested for 3 May. Redtigerxyz Talk 16:05, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
  • Good to go. Interesting article about one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. Length and hook verified. Fixed a typo, added tag for an item which failed verification. No other issues detected. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 19:59, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
Second ref has the info. Redtigerxyz Talk 16:38, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
I read it multiple times in Google preview. I could not find it yesterday and I could not find it today either. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 18:04, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Para 3, last line of Vithal entry in https://books.google.co.in/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT661&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Encyclopeadia Of Hindi Cinema.Redtigerxyz Talk 18:09, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
I found it. Δρ.Κ. λόγοςπράξις 18:11, 12 April 2013 (UTC)