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Film poster for 'Neela Akash'

Master Printers, Bombay (printer)

Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Film poster for the Hindi film 'Neela Akash' (Blue Sky), released in the year 1965.

The hand-painted poster features the main characters from the film. The central image in the
poster shows the male and female lead Dharmendra and Mala Sinha. In the image, Dharmendra,
who playes the character of a pilot named Aakash, is closely embracing Neela, the air hostess that
he is in love with, played by Mala Sinha. Below this image to the left is a bust length painting of
the villainous character Abdul, played by Madan Puri. In the image, Abdul is wearing a handkerchief
around his neck and is holding a knife in his hand. Towards the bottom right corner
is an image of the character Madanlal, played by Mehmood. Between the images of Madan
Puri and Mehmood is text reading 'SILVER SCREEN RELEASE'. Along the top border, from left
to right, the names of the main actors and actresses is written as 'DHARMENDRA . MALA SINHA .
MADAN PURI . SHASHIKALA' , next line; 'RAJ MEHRA . MANORAMA . MEHMOOD IN', next line;
'KIRON PRODUCTION'S', next line; 'neela akash', next line towards the right, 'Neela Akash'
(Devanagari), next line; 'EASTMANCOLOR'. This entire composition of text and images is
contained within a blue background. On the bottom border area of the poster, other film credits
are printed as 'PRODUCED & DURECTED BY', next line; 'RAJENDRA BHATIA'. To the right of
this is 'MUSIC BY', next line; 'MADAN MOHAN'. Below this credit are the printer's credits as
'PRINTED BY- MASTER PRINTERS, BOMBAY, 4'.

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  • Title: Film poster for 'Neela Akash'
  • Creator: Master Printers, Bombay (printer)
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 94 cm, W. 68.6 cm
  • Type: Film poster
  • Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
  • Medium: Offset Lithograph
  • Release Date: 1965
  • Credits: Writer- Mohan Kumar (story), Sachin Bhowmick (screenplay), Sarshar Sailani (dialogues) ; Director- Rajendra Bhatia ; Cast- Dharmendra, Mala Sinha, Mehmood, Shashikala, Madan Puri, Raj Mehra, Sulochana Latkar ; Music- Madan Mohan (composer), Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (lyricist).
  • Category: Popular art
  • Banner: Banner- Kiron Productions Producer- Rajendra Bhatia
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