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- 1 2 Booth, Gregory D. (2008). Behind the Curtain: Making Music in Mumbai's Film Studios . Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-0-19-971665-4 . Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ↑ The 'Real' Anthony Gonsalves! Archived 23 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine , MA Khan, Screen India , 21 November 2003.
- ↑ Remembering Anthony Gonsalves, Naresh Fernandes (Time Out editor), India Seminar No. 543, November 2004.
- ↑ Pereira, Aaron. "Music legend Anthony Gonsalves no more - Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
