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Film poster for 'Barsaat'

Gandhi (artist- check), Globe Art Printers, Delhi (printer)

Museum of Art & Photography

Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India

Film poster for the Hindi film 'Barsaat' (Rain), released in the year 1949.

The hand-painted poster shows one of the main male-female leads from the film, Pran (Raj Kapoor) and Reshma (Nargis). Towards the top left corner of the poster is a logo of RK Films and to the right of the logo, 'JAIPUR FILM (P.) LTD.', next line; 'RELEASE' is written. In the next line, the names of the actor and actress in the poster are written in Devanagari as 'Raj Kapoor . Nargis'. In the bottom half, first comes the producer's name in Devanagari as 'Raj Kapoor Krit' (Created by Raj Kapoor), next line; 'Barsaat', (Devanagari), next line; 'Sangeet Shankar Jaikishan' (Music Shankar Jaikishan). On the bottom border towards the left, the printer's credits are written as 'GLOBE ART PRINTERS DELHI PH 5728616'. Along the left border, possibly the arist's name is written as 'Gandhi'.

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  • Title: Film poster for 'Barsaat'
  • Creator: Gandhi (artist- check), Globe Art Printers, Delhi (printer)
  • Location: India
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 101.6 cm, W. 76.2 cm
  • Type: Film poster
  • Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
  • Medium: Offset print
  • Release Date: 1949
  • Credits: Writer- Ramanand Sagar (story, screenplay & dialogue) ; Director- Raj Kapoor ; Cast- Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Nimmi, Prem Nath, K.N. Singh, B.M. Vyas, Cuckoo ; Music- Shankar-Jaikishan (composer), Hasrat Jaipuri (lyricist), Shailendra (lyricist).
  • Category: Popular art
  • Banner: Banner- R.K. Films Ltd. All India Film Corporation (check) Producer- Raj Kapoor
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