Indian Movie Posters
(1931 - 1940) Pre-Independence
(18 items)
Indian Movie Posters(1931 - 1940) Pre-Independence
(18 items)
(18 items)
Kalidas
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This poster was made for the movie Kalidas. It is notable for being the first sound film in the Tamil and Telugu languages, and the first sound film to be made in a language from South India. It was based on the life of the Sanskrit poet Kalidasa. This biographical film was directed by H. M. Reddy and produced by Ardeshir Irani.
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Narsinh Mehta
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This Indian movie poster is for the 1932 film Narsinh Mehta. Nanubhai Vakil is the director of the Gujarati biographical film Narsinh Mehta. It was the first talkie movie in Gujarati.
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Devdas
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The 1935 film Devdas is advertised on this Indian movie poster. It is a Bengali movie that P.C. Barua directed and is based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay tale.
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Achhut Kannya
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This poster was made for the movie Achhut Kannya, a Hindi movie released on June 12, 1936. The movie was directed by Franz Osten and featured Ashok Kumar as the lead character. This film deals with the social position of Dalit girls and is considered a reformist period-piece. This film was the masterpiece of one of India’s pioneering film studios-Bombay Talkies.
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Sant Tukaram
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This poster was made for the movie Sant Tukaram, a 1936 Marathi film, produced by Prabhat Film Company and based on the life of Tukaram (1608–50), a prominent Varkari saint and spiritual poet of the Bhakti movement in India. Tukaram is best known for his devotional poetry called Abhanga and community-oriented worship with spiritual songs known as Kirtan.
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Bhishma
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The movie's poster is shown here from the 1936 Indian Hindu mythology film Bhishma was directed by P. Y. Altekar, commonly known as Bhishma Pratigna. It is based on an Indian epic character of the same name from the Mahabharata.
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Rukmani Kalyanam
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This poster was made for the movie hindu mythological film Rukmani Kalyanam, which was produced and directed by Bhalji Pendharkar in 1936, is in the Tamil language. It features M. S. Vijayal as Krishna's wife Rukmini and S. Rajam as the Hindu deity Krishna.
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Kunku
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This poster was made for the 1937 marathi social drama film Kunku, which was written and directed by V. Shantaram, is based on the book Na Patnari Goshta by Narayan Hari Apte. The Hindi version of the movie, Duniya Na Maane, was simultaneously produced and released. The film was screened at the Venice International Film Festival and went on to become a critical and financial success.
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balan
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This poster was made for the movie Balan, the first sound film in the Malayalam language, produced by T.R. Sundaram and directed by S. Nottani under the banner of Modern Theatres. It was written by Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai. German cinematographer Bado Gushwalker handled the camera while Varghese and K.D. George did the editing.
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Gopal Krishna
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This poster was made for the movie Gopal Krishna, a mythological social film produced in 1938 by Prabhat Film Company in Marathi and Hindi. The movie was a remake of Gopal Krishna, the first silent film produced by Prabhat Film Company (1929). It was concurrently produced in Hindi and Marathi. Ram Marathe, Shanta Apte, Parshuram, Prahlad, Ulhas, and Ganpatrao were among the cast members of the movie, which was directed by Sheikh Fattelal and V. G. Damle. Krishnarao composed the music, and Shivram Vashikar wrote the tale.
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Anaadhai Penn
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This poster was made for the 1938 Indian Tamil film Anaadhai Penn, directed by R. Prakash. M. K. Radha and T. A. Sundarambal both appear in the movie. P. U. Chinnappa, a rising star at the time, played a villain. Kothamangalam Subbu was chosen for a humorous part. The movie is based on Vai. Mu. Kothainayaki Ammal's novel of the same name.
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Pukar
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This poster was made for the movie Pukar, an Urdu film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi in 1939 at the production house Minerva Movietone. This film was about the Mughal emperor Jehangir’s legendary justice and inner conflict when his wife accidentally kills an innocent citizen. The story and lyrics are by Kamal Amrohi.
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Manoos
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This poster was made for the Marathi social melodrama film Manoos,directed by V. Shantaram in 1939. A Hindi version of the film, titled Aadmi, was also produced simultaneously. The short story "The Police Constable," on which the movie was based, inspired the plot. The screenplay and dialogue were written by Anant Kanekar, and the story was by A. Bhaskarrao. Kanekar wrote the lyrics, Master Krishna Rao composed the music, and V. Avadhoot was the director of photography.
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Raithu Bidda
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This poster was made for the movie Raitu Bidda, a Telugu film produced and directed by Gudavalli Ramabrahmam in 1939. It is a seminal reformist melodrama critiquing the zamindari system from the point of view of the Kisan Sabha agitations in Andhra Pradesh. This film was banned by the British administration in the region.
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Aurat
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This poster was made for the 1940 movie Aurat. This film was directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Sardar Akhtar, Surendra, Yakub, Kanhaiyalal, and Arun Kumar Ahuja. The music was done by Anil Biswas and the dialogues by Wajahat Mirza. Mehboob Khan remade this film in 1957 as Mother India.
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Zindagi
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This poster was made for the 1940 movie Zindagi. Birendranath Sircar and Pramathesh Barua released this film. It centres on Ratan, an unemployed university graduate, and his relationship with Shrimati, who is evading her harsh husband. It stars K. L. Saigal, Jamuna Barua, Pahari Sanyal, Shyam Laha, Sitara Devi, and Nemo.
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Viswa Mohini
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This poster was made for the movie Viswa Mohini, a Telugu romantic thriller in 1940 film in the backdrop of Indian Motion Picture world. The film was directed by Y.V. Rao and starring V. Nagaiah was written by Balijepalli Lakshmikanta Kavi, and was screened at the Venice Film Festival. The production design was handled by T.V.S. Sarma, and cinematography was handled by Pandurang Naik.
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Neecha Nagar
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This poster is for the film Neecha Nagar, an Indian Hindi language film, directed by Chetan Anand and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Hayatullah Ansari, and produced by Rashid Anwar and A. Halim in 1946. It was a Hindi film adaptation in an Indian setting of Maxim Gorky’s 1902 play The Lower Depths. Neecha Nagar became the first Indian film to gain recognition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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