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Film poster for 'Raja Jani'

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Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Film poster for the Hindi film 'Raja Jani' (check translation), released in the year 1972.

The poster uses the collaging technique with various photographic images and cut outs to fetaure
multiple characters from the film. Towards the top right corner area is a bust-length image of the
character Shanno/Ratna, a street dancer who poses as the heiress of a kingdom. The character is
portrayed by Hema Malini on screen. To the right of this image is a half-length image of the character
Rajkumar 'Raja' Singh, played by Dharmendra. In the image, both his hands are tied and his top half
chained. Towards the top right corner area is another image of the character Rajkumar 'Raja' Singh.
Below thi simage along the right border, there is a half length image of the Helen. Along the left border,
in the bottom half, there is a bust-length image of the character Diwan Gajendra Singh, played by Prem
Nath. To his right is a face cut out of the character Pratap Bahadur, played by Prem Chopra. In the top
half, along the border, the lyrics of the song 'ABCD Chhodo' are written in Devanagari as 'A...B...C...D..
Chhodo, Naino se Naina Jodo'. In the next line towards the left, the banner's name is written as 'SEVEN
ARTS PICTURES'. In the bottom half, below the composition of the images, the film title is written in
Devanagari. Below the film title towards the left is 'Directed By Mohan Sehgal'. Below the film title towards
the right is 'Music Laxmikant Pyarelal'.

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  • Title: Film poster for 'Raja Jani'
  • Creator: Unknown
  • 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- Nabendu Ghosh (story & screenplay), S. Ali Raza (dialogue), Director- Mohan Sehgal ; Cast- Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Prem Nath, Prem Chopra, Johnny Walker, Durga Khote ; Music- Laxmikant Pyarelal (composer), Anand Bakshi (lyricist).
  • Category: Popular art
  • Banner: Banner- Seven Art Pictures Producer- Madan Mohla
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