Photographic lobby still for the film 'Boot Polish' featuring Rattan Kumar
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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 shows one of the lead characters Bhola (Rattan Kumar) in a mood shot reflecting the angst and sadness in the life of the character (check). He is shown in a distraught condition, with dirt on his face and tattered clothes, resting his head and hands sideways on a stone, lost in thought/ staring in the blank.
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 the film 'Boot Polish' featuring Rattan Kumar
- Creator: Unknown
- Location: India
- Physical Dimensions: H. 24.4 cm W. 29.6 cm
- Type: Lobby still
- Contributor: Museum of Art and Photography
- Medium: Silver gelatin print- B&W
- Release Date: 1954
- Credits: Writer- Bhanu Pratap Director- Prakash Arora Cast- Rattan Kumar, Kumari Naaz, David Abraham, Chand Burque Music- Shankarsingh Raghvanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal
- Category: Popular Art
- Banner: Banner- R.K. Films Ltd. Producer- Raj Kapoor
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