Film poster for the Hindi film 'Ram Hanuman Yuddh' (Ram Hanuman War), released in the year 1957.
The hand-painted film poster represents multiple characters from the film. Towards the top left corner area is a portrait of possibly the character Sita, played by Nirupa Roy. Below this image along the left edge, there is a full length painting of the character Ram (unidentified actor). Towards the top right corner area is a portrayal of possibly the character Ravana (unidentified actor). Below this imagery along the right border is a half-length painted image of the character Hanuman (unidentified actor). Towards the bottom right corner is a bust-length painting of the character Narad Muni (unidentified actor). In the bottom central area of the poster, the film credits are written in Devanagari as 'Ravikala Chitra', next line; 'Prastut' (Presents), next line; 'Ram', next line; 'Hanuman', next line; 'Yuddha'. In the next line, from left to right, first comes 'Nirmata' (Producer), next line; 'R.N. Mandloi', 'Sangeet . Digdarshak' (Music . Director), next line; 'S.N. Tripathi', 'Geet', next line; 'Shailendra'. On the left side of the bottom border, the printer's credits are present as 'GLOBE ART PRENTIRS DLI:-'. In the top central area, there is text reading 'Ravikala Chitra Presents', next line; 'NIRUPA ROY', next line; 'IN', next line; 'RAM', next line; 'HANUMAN', next line; 'YUDDH'. Towards the top left corner is the artist's name as 'Manohar', next line; 'Suresh' (both in Devanagari).
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