Photographic lobby still for for the film 'Boot Polish'
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Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India
Photographic lobby still for the Hindi film 'Boot Polish', released in the year 1954.
The still depicts a frame from the song 'O Raat Gayi Phir Din Aata Hai' (The Night Passes, A New Day Dawns- check translation), sung by Asha Bhosle and Manna Dey. The background setting shows the slum with a crowd of people standing with their right arms held high. The lead brother-sister duo, Bhola (Rattan Kumar) and Belu (Kumari Naaz) stand in the foreground with cheerful faces and right arm held high.
On the bottom border of the image is centrally placed text and a logogram for the movie. Starting from left to right, there is a silhouette of a boy and a girl, possibly representing the lead brother-sister duo, 'Bhola' (Rattan Kumar) and 'Belu' (Kumari Naaz). Next to the logogram is text reading 'RAJ KAPOOR'S' (Producer) and the film's name 'Boot Polish' (script: English) under it.
- Title: Photographic lobby still for for the film 'Boot Polish'
- Creator: Unknown
- Location: India
- Physical Dimensions: H. 24.3 cm, W. 29.6 cm
- Type: Lobby still
- Contributor: Museum of Art & Photography
- Medium: Silver gelatin print- B& W
- Release Date: 1954
- Credits: Written by Bhanu Pratap, the movie was produced by R.K. Films Ltd. under the direction of Prakash Arora and music by Shankarsingh Raghvanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal. It starred actors like Rattan Kumar and Kumari Naaz in the lead and David Abraham and Chand Burque as supporting actors amongst others.
- Category: Popular Art
- Banner: Banner- R.K. Films Ltd. Producer- Raj Kapoor
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