Film poster for the Hindi film 'Laparwah' (Careless), released in the year 1981.
The hand-painted poster shows the male and female leads of the film. In the poster, there is a bust-length painting of the character Shera, played by Mithun Chakraborty, in which he is wearing a panama/cowboy hat and is holding a revolver in his hand. Below this image is a painting of the character Sandhya, pleated by Ranjeeta Kaur. Below the composition of these images are the title and the film credits. From the top, first comes 'PUSHPA PICTURES' ', next line; 'Laparwah' (English). Below the film title, the credits are printed from left to right in the following manner; 'PRODUCED BY', next line; 'F.A. NADIADWALA'. Next is 'PHOTOGRPHED & DIRECTED BY', next line; 'RAVEEKANT NAGAICH'. Next to this is 'MUSIC', next line; 'BAPPI LAHIRI'. In the end is 'LYRICS & SCRIPT BY', next line; 'RAMESH PANT'. Towards the top right corner, the film title is printed in Devanagari and on the corner, the artist's name is printed as 'Ravi'. On the bottom left of the bottom border, the printer's credits are printed as 'Printed by AAR PEE REPROTECHNIK, For POSTER CENTER, Bombay.'
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