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Photographic lobby still for the film 'Mastana'

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Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

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

The still shows the character Mastana (Motilal), his adopted son Billoo (Romi) and his neighbour Matka (Gope) inside Matka's house. In the frame, all three characters are sitting on a 'charpai'. Mastana is sitting towards the left of the frame in a side profile view. He is dressed in a suit and a hat. He is holding Billoo close to him and is angrily looking at Matka. Billoo, as mentioned before, is sitting close to Mastana. He is
wearing a striped t-shirt and a handkerchief around his neck and also has a band-aid on his forehead. Matka is sitting towards the right, wearing a waist-coat, loin cloth, a cap on his head and a handkerchief tied around his neck. He is holding playing cards in his right hand and the rest of the cards in the pack are laying in front of him.

On the bottom towards the extreme right, the credits are printed inside a rectangular shape. From the top towards the left, first comes the logo of Black & White movies. Next to the logo is 'Movies PRESENT'. Under this text is the film's name printed inside a customised shape, reading 'MASTANA' (English) and the name in Devnagri under it. Towards the right side of the rectangular shape, other credits are printed within smaller black rectangles. First comes 'Directed by H.S. RAWAIL'. Under this is 'Music by MADAN MOHAN'. Under this text is 'Produced by KHUSHI & SETHI'.

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  • Title: Photographic lobby still for the film 'Mastana'
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 28.2 cm W. 36 cm
  • Type: Lobby still
  • Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
  • Medium: Silver gelatin print- hand-painted
  • Release Date: 1954
  • Credits: Writer- H.S. Rawail (story and screenplay) Director- Harnam Singh Rawail Cast- Motilal, Kuldip Kaur, Nigar Sultana, Gope, Romi, Sunder, Chandrashekhar, Yashodhara Katju Music- Madan Mohan
  • Category: Popular art
  • Banner: Producer- Khushi & Sethi Banner- Black & White Movies
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