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Photographic lobby still for the film 'Boot Polish'

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Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Photographic lobby still for the Hindi film 'Boot Polish', released in the year 1954.

The still shows a frame from the point where Belu (Kumari Naaz) takes her new parents to her old house, which is a slum near a railway station. In the frame, the railway station is in the background and the three characters are shown crossing the station's boundary wall from a small opening. Starting from the left is an excited Belu, looking at her parents, next to her is the father (unidentified actor), looking at Belu with a confused face whle holding the mother's hand. On the extreme right is the mother (unidentified actress), dunking and crossing the boundary through the opening.

On the bottom border of the image is centrally placed text and a logogram for the movie. Starting from left to right, there is a silhouette of a boy and a girl, possibly representing the lead brother-sister duo, 'Bhola' (Rattan Kumar) and 'Belu' (Kumari Naaz). Next to the logogram is text reading 'RAJ KAPOOR'S' (Producer) and the film's name 'Boot Polish' (script: English) under it.

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  • Title: Photographic lobby still for the film 'Boot Polish'
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 24.8 cm, W. 29.7 cm
  • Type: Lobby still
  • Contributor: Museum of Art & Photography
  • Medium: Silver gelatin print- B& W
  • Release Date: 1954
  • Credits: Written by Bhanu Pratap, the movie was produced by R.K. Films Ltd. under the direction of Prakash Arora and music by Shankarsingh Raghvanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal. It starred actors like Rattan Kumar and Kumari Naaz in the lead and David Abraham and Chand Burque as supporting actors amongst others.
  • Category: Popular Art
  • Banner: Banner- R.K. Films Ltd. Producer- Raj Kapoor
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