Photographic lobby card for the Hindi film 'Prithvi Vallabh' (check translation), released in the year 1943.
The still shows the insides of a court/ king's court, a wide angle shot. In the foreground, there are mutliple dancers dressed orntely in draped saris , headgears and jewellery. They are all standing in the same pose, with bent bodies and hands joined at wrists like a flower. There are multiple guards / soldiers around in the background.
On the bottom right corner, the credits are printed. Starting from the top is 'MINERVA', next line; ''MOVIETONES' ', next line; 'Prithvi Vallabh'. All this is ptinted on a rectangular patch.
The image has a hand-painted border around it. The left and top border are red in coor and the right and bottom border are blue in color.
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