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Film poster for 'Roti Kapada Aur Makaan'

C Mohan (artist)

Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Film poster for the Hindi film 'Roti Kapada Aur Makaan' (Food Clothing and Shelter), released in the
year 1974.

The poster made with photographic cut outs shows multiple characters from the film. In the central
area is a big face cut out of the character Vijay, played by Amitabh Bachchan. To the right of this
image is a half-length image of the character Bharat, played by Manoj Kumar. To the left of Amitabh
Bachchan's image is a small cut out of him dressed as a police inspector, seated on a bike. Overlapping
with Manoj Kumar's image on the right is a cut out image showing two female dancers. Below this image
is another image showing a woman being physically harassed by two men on either sides of her (all three
unidentified. Towards the left of this image, three characters' images are arranged in a series. From the left,
the first image shows the character Sheetal, played by Zeenat Aman. The next character is Mohan Babu,
played by Shashi Kapoor. The last character is Tulsi, played by Moushumi Chatterjee. Towards the bottom
right corner is the film title in English as 'ROTI', next line; 'KAPADA', next line; 'AUR MAKAAN'. In the
bottom area, from left to right, the rest of the film credits are present as 'Lekhak Nirmata aur Digdarshak
Manj Kumar' (Writer Producer and Director Manoj Kumar), 'Sangeet Laxmikant Pyarelal' (Music Laxmikant
Pyarelal). In the top area of the poster, there is more text reading 'Manoj Kumar Ka' (Manoj Kumar's), next
line; 'Roti, Kapada Aur Makaan' (Devanagari). Near the bottom left corner along the left border, the artist's
name is present vertically reading 'C MOHAN'.

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  • Title: Film poster for 'Roti Kapada Aur Makaan'
  • Creator: C Mohan (artist)
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 101.6 cm, W. 76.2 cm
  • Type: Film poster
  • Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
  • Medium: Color reprograph
  • Release Date: 1974
  • Credits: Writer- Manoj Kumar (story, screenplay & dialogue) ; Director- Manoj Kumar ; Cast- Manoj Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Moushumi Chatterjee, Kamini Kaushal, Prem Nath, Madan Puri ; Music- Laxmikant Pyarelal (composer), Verma Malik (lyricist), Santosh Anand (lyricist).
  • Category: Popular art
  • Banner: Banner- V.I.P. Films, Vishal International Productions Producer- Manoj Kumar
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