Printing errors

Kathputli

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Last night, I was about to watch the Bollywood movie Kathputli, when I noticed something which puzzled me in the description on the cover.

There are two names listed after the lead actor, Vyjayanthi, and Mala. I was unsure if Mala referred to the actress Mala Sinha who was one the top actresses of the time, but who was Vyjayanthi? I am not an expert on the cinema in India, and I know some actresses such as Nargis Dutt go by a singular, in Nargis's case Nargis, while other actresses such as Shammi, Shyama, and Nimmi to name a few have a single name they are recognised by, so I didn't consider it out of place. However, I thought I recognised the actress, which on re-reading the titling, I found I was correct, the actress is Vyjayanthimala.

I have come across this type of error before, namely for the actress Madhubala, who died tragically, at the age of 29 from a faulty valve in her heart. To some extent, the misnaming is excusable as there was an actress named Madhu, and another called Madhoo in Bollywood at the same time