The Mind Creative March 2014
However Korshed had another big hurdle that needed to be crossed.
The film industry had a disreputable stigma attached to it and the
four Parsi gentlemen who sat on the board of Bombay Talkies refused
to accept a Parsi lady to be introduced to the industry. It took a lot
of effort on Himanshu Rai’s part to make this happen. His impeccable
background and the fact that he was married to the legendary
actress Devika Rani convinced the Parsi community elders to allow
Khorshed to be the music director for the film. However there was
one stringent condition: Khorshed and Manek had had to change her
names to Saraswati Devi and Chandraprabha.
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