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Photographic lobby still for the film 'Karigar'

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Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Photographic lobby still for the Hindi film 'Karigar', released in the year 1958.

The still shows a frame from the song 'Mai Hu Rosy, Mai Hu Mary' (I am Rosy, I am Mary), sung by C. Ramchandra and Asha Bhosle. In the frame, there is a stage towards the left side, with two musicians playing trumpets. A man and a woman, who is dressed like a nurse, are standing at the base of the stage. The woman is holding an enlarged Coca Cola bottle cap over her chest. Right behind them on the stage is a scaled-up bottle of Coca Cola. There is a dining table set up in the background towards the right at which people are seated. There are more people on the first floor balcony in the background. In the forgeround in the centre of the frame, a female character is embracing Shankar (Ashok Kumar) while forcing him to dance. Both are tied up in a long piece of fabric, the end of which is held by another male
character standing towards the right, who is dressed in a tuxedo.

On the bottom, the credits are printed as follows. From top to bottom, first comes the banner's name reading 'Panchdeep Chitra's', next line; 'KARIGAR' (English). Towards the left of the film's name is 'WRITTEN, PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY', next line; 'VASANT JOGLEKAR'. Towards the right of the film's name is 'MUSIC', next line; 'C. RAMCHANDRA'.

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  • Title: Photographic lobby still for the film 'Karigar'
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 24.3 cm W. 29.3 cm
  • Type: Lobby still
  • Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
  • Medium: Silver gelatin print- B&W
  • Release Date: 1958
  • Credits: Writer- Vasant Joglekar Director- Vasant Joglekar Cast- Ashok Kumar, Nirupa Roy, Lalita Pawar, Om Prakash, Helen, Agha Music- C. Ramchandra
  • Category: Popular art
  • Banner: Producer- Vasant Joglekar Banner- Panchdeep Chitra
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