Film still for the Hindi film 'Dahej' (Dowry), released in the year 1952.
The still shows the female lead Chanda (Jayashree) along with her friends while enacting a play of bride, groom and marriage. In the frame, she is standing in the centre, dressed in a lehenga, blouse and dupatta along with a huge embroidered headgear. She is captured whilst speaking/singing, with her left hand held on her left ear and her right hand stretched out. There are three other female characters to her right and another female character to her left, who is standing with joined hands while looking in Chanda's direction. In the foreground around the bottom of the frame, two other female characters (back facing the camera) are holding out a square-shaped fabric with a hman figure visible on it. There are multiple miniature human figurines on the bottom of the frame.
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