Photographic lobby card for the Hindi film 'Jhansi Ki Rani' (The Queen of Jhansi), released in the year 1953.
The card shows the insides of the Jhansi palace, featuring King Gangadhar (Mubarak), Rani Lakshmibai (Mehtab), a Company general (unidentified) and Sadashiv Rao (Ram Singh)
(unidentified) amidst a conversation. In the frame, King Gangadhar is standing towards the right side of the frame in side profile view. Rani Lakshmibai is standing in the centre of the frame in front view and the Company general is standing towards the left side of the frame. Sadashiv Rao is standing farther in the background, behind Rani Lakshmibai. Starting from the lower half of the left border, a series of illustrations continues till the left half of the bottom border, leading the way towards the credits. On the left border, from top to bottom, first comes an illustration of possibly King Gangadhar's palace/court from the outside, overlapping with that is an illustration of the character Rajguru, played by Sohrab Modi. There is a small sized logo of Minerva Production on the bottom left corner.The illustration continues onto the bottom border, with a book, an army and finally Queen Jhansi mounted on a horse. Next to the illustration of the queen is the name 'Jhansi Ki Rani' (English) and under it is 'Color by TECHNICOLOR'. Under this, a little towards the right is the film's name in Devanagari script and then in Urdu script in the next line, shifiting a little further to the right. In the last line on the bottom is 'PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY SOHRAB MODI'." All the illustrations and credits are printed in a deep red/brown pigment.
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