Photographic lobby still for the film 'Boot Polish'
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Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India
Photographic lobby still for the Hindi film 'Boot Polish', released in the year 1954.
The still is an up-close, quarter profile portrait of the character 'John Chacha (Uncle)', played by actor David Abraham. He is dressed in an overcoat and a hat and is carrying a glass bottle (alcohol) in his hand. The portrait shows one of his looks from the movie, from a point where he goes out to sell illegally produced alcohol (his business) to a stranger.
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.
- Title: Photographic lobby still for the film 'Boot Polish'
- Creator: Unknown
- Location: India
- Physical Dimensions: H. 29.5 cm, W. 24.4 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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