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Film poster for 'Har Har Mahadev'

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Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Film poster for the Hindi film 'Har Har Mahadev' (Hail Mahadev), released in the year 1974.

The poster shows the lead characters Bhagwan Shiv (Lord Shiva), played by Dara Singh and Devi Parvati (Goddess Parvati), played by Jayshree Gadkar in an almost full-length view, seated on snow-clad mountains. Both are heavily dressed in traditional attire, donning embellished loin cloth/dhoti and blouse (Parvati), heavy jewellery, crown etc. Devi Parvati is holding up her right hand in a manner of offering blessings. There is a star-shaped cut-out, aimed to resemble halo, behind the two characters. Right under
this image is the banner's name in Devanagari reading 'Joy Film Krit' (Joy Film Productions).
Under this text is the name of the film is Devanagari script. Towards the left of the film's name is a half-length cut out of a male character (unidentified), who is holding a big, blood-stained sword in his right hand and has a fabric draped over his top half. Towards the right of the film's name is a half-length cut out of the character Mohini, played by Aruna Irani. On the extreme top, 'Aum Namah Shivaya' is printed in Devanagari script. On the bottom border, credits are printed in Devanagari from left to right as follows. First comes 'Nirmata Nirdeshak', next line; 'Chandrakant'. Next to this is 'Sangeet', next line; 'Kalyanji - Anandji'. Followed by this text is 'Geet', next line; 'Pradeep'. In the end is 'Rajshree Vitaran'.

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  • Title: Film poster for 'Har Har Mahadev'
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 93.4 cm, W. 68.6 cm
  • Type: Film poster
  • Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
  • Medium: Color reprograph through offset lithography
  • Release Date: 1974
  • Credits: Writer- Pragji Dossa (story), Ramesh Pande (dialogues) ; Director- Chandrakant ; Cast- Daara Singh, Jayshree Gadkar, Shahu Modak, Abhi Bhattacharya, Aruna Irani ; Music- Kalyanji Anandji
  • Category: Popular art
  • Banner: Banner- Joy Film Producer- Chandrakant
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