Photographic lobby still for the film 'Devdas' featuring Dilip Kumar
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Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India
Photographic lobby still for the Hindi film 'Devdas' (proper noun), released
in the year 1955.
The still shows one of lead character Devdas (Dilip Kumar) sitting inside a
bullock-cart with a morose expression on his face. The background set-up
is that of a village. It is possibly from the time when he is on his way to see
Paro for the last time, en- route Manikpur.
On the top left corner is the name of the production banner, reading 'Bimal
Roy PRODUCTIONS'. Towards the bottom right corner of the still is text,
reading 'Devdas' (English). In the next line, from left to right is 'PRODUCED'
'AND' 'DIRECTED BY'. Following this text is a logogram of the movie featuring
an illustration of a bullock-cart riding into the horizon. Next to the logogram is
the name 'BIMAL ROY'.
- Title: Photographic lobby still for the film 'Devdas' featuring Dilip Kumar
- Creator: Unknown
- Location: India
- Physical Dimensions: H. 24.2 cm W. 29.7 cm
- Type: Lobby still
- Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
- Medium: Silver gelatin print- B&W
- Release Date: 1955
- Credits: Based on the novel 'Devdas' (1917) by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Writer- Nabendu Ghosh (Screenplay) Rajinder Singh Bedi (Dialogues). Director- Bimal Roy Cast- Dilip Kumar (Devdas), Suchitra Sen (Paro) and Meena Kumari (Chandramukhi) Music - Sachin Dev Burman
- Category: Popular Art
- Banner: Banner- Bimal Roy Productions Producer- Bimal Roy
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