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Film poster for 'Don'

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Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Film poster for the Hindi film 'Don', released in the year 1978.

The film poster that seems hand-painted features the main characters of the film. In the top half of the poster, there is a half-length image of the iconic character Don, played by Amitabh Bachchan. In the image, Don is depicted mid-action, pointing a revolver. The image on the right half shows the character Vijay, also played by Amitabh Bachchan. In the image, he is depicted from the song, 'Khaike Paan Banaras Vala' (check translation) in which he is dressed in a kurta, a cloth tied around waist and is standing with joined hands, singing the song. The line from the song 'Chhora Ganga Kinare Vala' (The Boy from the Banks of the Ganges) is printed on the poster right next to Vijay, appearing as if he is singing the same, from the look on his face from the image. Below the images of these two characters is a painted image showing a scene of crime/fight, with silhouettes of humans and cars visible in the image. Below this image is the film title in Devanagari. Below the title, towards the bottom left corner is a bust-length image of the character Jasjit/JJ, played by Pran.

In the image, he is also holding a revolver. Towards the bottom right corner is a bust length image of the character Roma, played by Zeenat Aman, who is also pointing a revolver towards the front. The aiming point of her revolver is enlarged in the space between her image and Pran's. There is an overlapping image of the character Don on the aiming circle. Below the aiming circle are film credits reading 'Nirdeshak : Chandra Barot' (Director: Chandra Barot), 'Sangeet: Kalyanji-Anandji' (Music: Kalyanji-Anandji). Towards the top right corner of the poster, to the right of Vijay's image is the film title in English. Towards the top left corner, the logo of possibly the film banner 'Nariman Films' is present.

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  • Title: Film poster for 'Don'
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 101.6 cm, W. 76.2 cm
  • Type: Film poster
  • Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
  • Medium: Offset print
  • Release Date: 1978
  • Credits: Writer- Salim-Javed (story, dialogues & screenplay) ; Director- Chandra Barot ; Cast- Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran, Iftekhar, Om Shivpuri, Satyen Kappu, Helen, Mac Mohan ; Music- Kalyanji-Anandji, Anjaan (lyrics), Indivar (lyrics).
  • Category: Popular art
  • Banner: Banner- Nariman Films Producer- Nariman Irani
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