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Photographic lobby card for the film 'Prithvi Vallabh'

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Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Photographic lobby card for the Hindi film 'Prithvi Vallabh' (check translation), released in the year 1943.

The still shows the insides of a court/ king's court, a wide angle shot. In the foreground, there are mutliple dancers dressed orntely in draped saris , headgears and jewellery. They are all standing in the same pose, with bent bodies and hands joined at wrists like a flower. There are multiple guards / soldiers around in the background.
On the bottom right corner, the credits are printed. Starting from the top is 'MINERVA', next line; ''MOVIETONES' ', next line; 'Prithvi Vallabh'. All this is ptinted on a rectangular patch.
The image has a hand-painted border around it. The left and top border are red in coor and the right and bottom border are blue in color.

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  • Title: Photographic lobby card for the film 'Prithvi Vallabh'
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 31.6 cm W. 37.5 cm
  • Type: Lobby card
  • Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
  • Medium: Silver gelatin print- B&W
  • Release Date: 1943
  • Credits: Writer- K.M. Munshi Director- Sohrab Modi Cast- Sohrab Modi, Durga Khote, Sankatha Prasad, Meena Shorey, K.N. Singh Music- Rafiq Ghaznavi Saraswati Devi
  • Category: Popular art
  • Banner: Producer- Sohrab Modi Banner- Minerva Movietone
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