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Photographic lobby card for the film 'Waman Avtar Baliraja'

Studio Shangrila

Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Photographic lobby card for the Hindi film 'Waman Avtar Baliraja' (proper noun), released in the year 1955.

The card shows the character Mohini (Maya Das), Lord Vishnu's disguised form, serving elixir / 'amrit' churned out through 'Samudra Manthan' to King Bali (Sapru). In the frame, Mohini is sitting to the left in a side-profile view, ornately dressed in rich clohing and jewellery, holding the pot of elixir with both her hands in a pouring gesture. King Bali is sitting on the right, holding a glass in his right hand.
On the bottom of the print, the credits are printed on a customised shape. From the top, first comes the name of the production house, ' BOMBAY FILM PRODUCTIONS', next line; 'Present', next line; 'Bali Raja' (Devanagari) (English: Bali Raja). The name of the film 'WAMAN AVTAR' is printed in the next line on an arc-shaped path and in the space between the two words, a photographic cut out of the character Bhagwan Waman (Pravin Kumar) is present. On the bottom, from left to right in the same line is the following text, 'DIRECTION RAMAN B. DESAI', 'ASSO. PRODUCER BHOGILAL C. PATEL'. Outside of the shape in the same line is the name of the still-production studio 'Shangri-la'.

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  • Title: Photographic lobby card for the film 'Waman Avtar Baliraja'
  • Creator: Studio Shangrila
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 37.6 cm W. 31.4 cm
  • Type: Lobby Card
  • Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
  • Medium: Silver gelatin print- B&W
  • Release Date: 1955
  • Credits: Based on story by- Chaturbhuj Doshi, Prashant Screenplay & scenario- K.V. Patel, Raman B. Desai Dialogues- Manu Desai Director- Raman B. Desai Cast- Nirupa Roy, Trilok Kapoor, Sapru, Pravin Kumar Music- Avinash Vyas
  • Category: Popular Art
  • Banner: Producer- Raman B. Desai, Bhogilal C. Patel Banner- Bombay Film Productions
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