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Photographic lobby still for the film 'Shikar' featuring actress Nimmi

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Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Photographic lobby still for the Hindi film 'Shikar' (Prey), released in the year 1955.

The still shows a petrified Nimmi (undentified character), present towards the right side of the frame in bust-length view. Captured in an oblique angle, she is dressed in a striped, full-sleeve top and is holding on to an unidentified wooden object, looking sideways with her eyes at a hand that is reaching towards her in a manner of grabbing her. There is a light present on the top left corner. On the bottom border, the credits of the film are printed in an interesting way on an irregular shape as the background. Starting from left to right, first comes an illustrated silhouette of a female figure dressed in a sari. Her sari's pallu is flying upwards where an illustration of a demonic hand, reaching towards the female figure is present. Next to the illustration is text in three lines. The top line reads 'TARA FILMS' PRESENT'. The second line has the name of the film in Urdu script first. Next to it is the name in English reading 'SHIKAR' and the same is written in Devanagari script next. The third line reads as follows- 'PRODUCED BY R.S. TARA & DHANWANT SHAH DIRECTED BY RAVINDRA DAVE'.

Details

  • Title: Photographic lobby still for the film 'Shikar' featuring actress Nimmi
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 29 cm W. 23 cm (print cut in a descending width from the top)
  • Type: Lobby still
  • Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
  • Medium: Silver gelatin print- B&W (possibly toned)
  • Release Date: 1955
  • Credits: Writer- S.K. Prem (story) Director- Ravindra Dave Cast- Nimmi, Shekhar, Moti Sagar, Bipin Gupta Music - Bulo C. Rani (composer)
  • Category: Popular Art
  • Banner: Banner- Tara Films Producer- R.S. Tara and Dhanwant Shah

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