Film poster for the Hindi film 'Desh Premee' (The Patriot), released in the year 1982.
The poster is made with the technique of hand-painting. The top half shows a bust-length painting of the character Master Deenanath (Amitabh Bachchan), where his head is covered with a shawl. The bottom half shows the characters Raju, Deenanath's gangster son, also played by Amitabh Bachchan and his wife, Asha, played by Hema Malini. The painted image depicts the characters from the song 'Gore Nahi Hum Kale Sahi' (check translation), sung by Laxmikant Kudalkar and Asha Bhosle. On the top left corner, the film title is printed in Devanagari and in the next line, the title is printed in Urdu. Right above Master Deenanath's image is the logo of the brand Topaz and the word 'PRESENTS' under it. Towards the right half along the same line, the film credits are printed as 'DIRECTOR', next line; 'MANMOHAN DESAI'S', next line; 'DESH', next line; 'PREMEE', next line; 'CINEMASCOPE', next line; 'EASTMANCOLOR', next line; 'A FILM BY', next line; 'S.S. MOVIETONE'. Below this text are more film credits as 'PRODUCED BY', next line; 'SUBHASH DESAI', next line; 'MUSIC', next line; 'LAXMIKANT PYARELAL', next line; 'LYRICS', next line; 'ANAND BAKSHI'. Towards the bottom left corner, there is text reading 'WORLD RIGHTS
CONTROLLER:', next line; 'DEEPCHAND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.', next line; 'CALCUTTA'. On the bottom border towards the left, the printer's credits are printed as 'MASTER PRINTERS, BOMBAY. 4.'
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