Photographic lobby still for the film 'Poonam'
Possibly Studio Shangri La
Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India
Photographic lobby still for the Hindi film 'Poonam' (Moonlight), released in the year 1952.
The image shows Rajan (Ashok Kumar) with his arms around a large toy elephant, in a room filled primarily with children. He and another man are in the foreground on the floor with the toy elephant and a human toy/ puppet, while the children are in a row behind, looking on to the two men. In the background is a man in a suit and large windows through which we see some plants.
Bottom right has text that reads (from top to bottom) 'KAY ARTS' (their logo), 'poonam', 'Shangri-la', 'Poonam' (in Devanagari), followed by 'DIRECTED BY :- M. SADIQ', 'MUSIC BY :- SHANKER JAIKISHAN', 'PRODUCED BY :- P. N. ARORA'.
Details
- Title: Photographic lobby still for the film 'Poonam'
- Creator: Possibly Studio Shangri La
- Location: India
- Physical Dimensions: H. 24.2 cm W. 30.1 cm
- Type: Lobby still
- Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
- Medium: Silver gelatin print- B&W
- Release Date: 1952
- Credits: Writer- Ramanand Sagar (story), Azm Bazidpuri (dialogues) Director- M. Sadiq Cast- Ashok Kumar, Kamini Kaushal, Sajjan, Asha Mathur Music- Shanker-Jaikishan
- Category: Popular art
- Banner: Producer- P. N. Arora Banner- Kayarts
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