Film poster for the Hindi film 'Milap', released in the year 1972.
The poster shows a hooded snake in the centre of the frame, with the character Raju's image overlapping with the image of the cobra. The character Raju is a shape-changing snake in human form and is looking for his lost love, played by Shatrughan Sinha in the film. To the left of the snake's image is another bust-length image of the character Raju, the spoilt city boy who comes to an isolated hilly area to bring his life together. This character is also played by Shatrughan Sinha. To the right of the snake is a half-length image of the character Rani/Rukmani, a snake-charmer's daughter, the snake-turned-human Raju's lost love from a past life as well as the love interest of the city boy Raju. Overlapping with the snake's image on the bottom is an image of another character by the name Raju, played by Danny Denzongpa, the care-taker of the lodge where Raju (Shatrughan Sinha) comes to stay. He is also an admirer of Rani. In the image, he is playing a 'been' (snake charmer's flute) and the character Rani is dancing to his tunes right next to him in the poster.
Below the composition of these images is the film title in Devanagari. Below the film title towards the right, 'Eastmancolor' is written in Devanagari. Below the film title, from left to right, the rest of the film credits are printed as 'Sankalan' (check translation), next line; 'Nirmata I.M. Kunnu' (Producer I.M. Kunnu'. Next is 'Lekhak' (Writer), next line; 'Digdarshak B.R. Ishara' (Direction B.R. Ishara). In the end is 'Sangeet Brij Bhushan' (Music Brij Bhushan). Towards the top left of the poster, the producer's name is present as 'I.M. Kunnu', next line; 'Prastut' (Presents). Towards the top right corner, the names of the main actors and actresses are present as 'Shatrghan Sinha', next line; 'Reena Roy Aur' (Reena Roy and), next line; 'Danny'. A little below the names on the same side is the film title in English.
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