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Film poster for 'Bombay to Goa'

Sriram Offset Printers, Virudhunagar

Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Film poster for the Hindi film 'Bombay to Goa', released in the year 1972.

The poster uses photographic cut outs to show multiple characters from the film. Towards the top left
half is a full length cut out of the character Ravi, played by Amitabh Bachchan. Towards the right half
is a bust-length image of the characters Ravi and Mala (Aruna Irani). Towards the bottom left corner
area is a cut out image showing the characters Ravi and Sharma (Shatrughan Sinha). To the right
of this image is an image of a distraught Mala. Right next to her image is a cut out bus-length image
of the character Kashibai (Lalita Pawar). Towards the bottom right corner area is a bust-length image
of the character Khanna, the bus conductor, played by Mehmood. His image overlaps with an image of
a bus placed behind his image. Towards the top right area, the film title is written in English. Towards
the top left half, to the left of Amitabh Bachchan's image, the names of main actors and actresses are
written in Devanagari as 'Amitabh Bachchan', next line; 'Shatrughan Sinha', next line; 'Aruna Irani', next
line; 'Aur Mehmood' (and Mehmood). Below this text in the central area, first comes the banner's name
in Devanagari as 'Mehmood Production', next line; 'Prastut' (Presents), next line; 'Bombay to Goa'
(Devanagari). Towards the bottom left corner area, 'Rajshri Vitaran' (Rajshri Distribution) is written.
Along the bottom border, the rest of the film credits are written in Devanagari as 'Nirdeshak : S.
Ramanathan' (Director : S. Ramanathan), 'Sangeet : R.D. Burman' (Music : R.D. Burman), 'Lekhak :
Rajendra Krishna' (Writer : Rajendra Krishna as Rajinder Krishan). On the bottom border of the poster,
towards the left, the printer's credits are present as 'SRIRAM OFFSET PRINTERS, VIRUDHUNAGAR.
42246'.

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  • Title: Film poster for 'Bombay to Goa'
  • Creator: Sriram Offset Printers, Virudhunagar
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 93.4 cm, W. 68.6 cm
  • Type: Film poster
  • Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
  • Medium: Color reprograph
  • Release Date: 1972
  • Credits: Writer- Usailai Somanathan (story), Rajinder Krishan (dialogue) ; Director- S. Ramanathan ; Cast- Amitabh Bachchan, Aruna Irani, Shatrughan Sinha, Mehmood, Anwar Ali, Lalita Pawar, Manorama, Keshto Mukherjee ; Music- R.D. Burman (composer), Rajinder Krishan (lyricist).
  • Category: Popular art
  • Banner: Banner- Mehmood Productions Producer- N.C. Sippy
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