Photographic lobby still for the Hindi film 'Murder on Highway', released in the year 1970.
The still is a photomontage of two images. The image on the left shows a close-up of an unidentified female character, photographed in an oblique angle. She has a floral piece of jewellery on her neck and looks stunned by the expression on her face. The image on the right shows the actor Sujit Kumar, dressed in a shirt, a cap and a scarf tied around his neck. He is holding a female character by her arm, who is leaning on him. The female character is ornately dressed and is holding her left hand to her chest. She is
smiling and looking at the camera. Both her and Sujit Kumar are present in a half-length view.
On the bottom border, there is an interesting combination of text and illustration. From the top, first comes 'Krishnadeep PRODUCTIONS PRESENT'. Under this text, from the left, first comes an illustration that shows the silhouette of a man dressed in an overcoat, trousers and a hat, standing next to the silhouette of a street lamp, looking at possibly two kites in the distance. Next to this illustration is the name of the film, 'MURDER ON HIGHWAY' (English). Right under the name of the film is 'PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY',
next line; 'DHARAM KUMAR'. This is followed by 'CO PRODUCER', next line; 'KISHAN VASWANI'. Next to this text is 'MUSIC', next line; 'C. ARJUN'. This is followed by the name of the film in Devnagri.
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