Indian Movie Posters
(1961 - 1970) Post-Independence
(46 items)
Indian Movie Posters(1961 - 1970) Post-Independence
(46 items)
(46 items)
Teen Kanya
by Unknown
by Unknown
This poster was made for the film Teen Kanya. Rabindranath Tagore's short stories served as the inspiration for Satyajit Ray's 1961 Bengali anthology film Teen Kanya, which was released in India. The film's original Indian release included three storylines, and the title literally translates to "Three Girls." The second story wasn't included in the film's worldwide release, which only included two. Two Daughters was the name of the 1997 VHS release of this version. However, all three movies are now included on a single DVD disc. Teen Kanya's international release was archived by the Academy Film Archive in 1996.
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Kalpadukal
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The movie Kalpadukal is featured on this antique poster. It is a 1962 Malayalam movie with Prem Nazir playing the protagonist. K. S. Antony directed it. The movie was awarded a merit certificate at the National Film Awards. For this movie, well-known playback singer K. J. Yesudas performed his debut song.
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Kumudham
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This poster was made for the 1961 Indian Tamil film Kumudham. Adurthi Subba Rao and K. S. Gopalakrishnan are the authors of this film. S. S. Rajendran, Vijayakumari, and Sowcar Janaki are the movie's stars. Adurthi Subba Rao, who also served as the film's director, and K. S. Gopalakrishnan, who also wrote the screenplay, released it. S. S. Rajendran, Vijayakumari, and Sowcar Janaki are the movie's stars. A commercial triumph after its July 29 release, it later won the Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film at the 9th National Film Awards. In Telugu, Manchi Manasulu (1962), Malayalam, Suseela (1963), and Hindi, Pooja Ke Phool (1964), the movie was remade.
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Nenjil Or Aalayam
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This poster is from C. V. Sridhar's 1962 romantic drama film Nenjil or Aalayam, which he wrote, produced, and directed. Nagesh, Manorama, and Kutty Padmini play supporting roles, with Kalyan Kumar, Devika, and R. Muthuraman starring in the movie. Kannadasan wrote the song lyrics, and Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy created the original soundtrack album and background score.
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Bhoodana
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This poster is from the 1962 Kannada film Bhoodana, which G. V. Iyer and P.S. Gopalkrishna co-directed and produced. Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Udaykumar, and K. S. Ashwath all appear in the movie. The music for the movie was composed by G. K. Venkatesh.
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Annai
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This poster was made for the 1962 drama film Annai, which was directed by Krishnan-Panju. P. Bhanumathi and Sowcar Janaki are the movie's main actors, and S. V. Ranga Rao, J. P. Chandrababu, and P. Raja play supporting roles. The plot is built around the idea that a foster mother's love can be even more powerful than a biological mother's.
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Mahanagar
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This poster was made for the 1963 Bengali drama movie Mahanagar, directed and written by Satyajit Ray. Based on the short story Abataranika by Narendranath Mitra, it features Madhabi Mukherjee in the lead role and depicts the tale of a housewife who surprises her conservative family by working as a salesperson. One of the top actresses in Hindi cinema, Jaya Bhaduri, made her debut in the movie.
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Naanum Oru Penn
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This is an old poster from the movie Naanum Oru Penn, a 1963 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. With S. V. Ranga Rao, M. R. Radha, S. V. Subbaiah, C. K. Nagesh, Rajan, and C. S. Pushpalatha serving as supporting actors, the movie stars S. S. Rajendran and R. Vijayakumari. The main character is an uneducated, dark-complexioned girl who persuades everyone that a woman's character matters more than her physical attributes and level of education.
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Tere Ghar Ke Samne
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This is a very rare vintage Tere Ghar Ke Samne movie poster starring Vijay Anand. It was widely popular in India after its January 1, 1963, release and finished the year in sixth place for most box office receipts. The movie is the pair's fourth joint effort, with Vijay Anand writing the script and Dev Anand directing.
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Karpagam
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This is a rare vintage poster of the 1963 Tamil-language drama film Karpagam, written and directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan. The film features an ensemble cast including Gemini Ganesan, Savitri, S. V. Ranga Rao, M. R. Radha, R. Muthuraman, V. K. Ramasamy, V. Nagayya, Karikol Raju, Sheeladevi, K. R. Vijaya, and Baby Shakila.
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Uttar Falguni
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This poster was made for the 1963 Indian Bengali-language drama film Uttar Falguni, directed by Asit Sen and produced by Uttam Kumar, starring Suchitra Sen in a double role, Bikash Roy, and Dilip Mukherjee in the leads. The movie received the national film award for best Bengali-language feature film at the 11th National Film Awards. The soundtrack for the movie was created by Robin Chatterjee.
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Nanda Deepa
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This poster was made for the 1963 love drama film Nanda Deepa, which was produced by M. R. Vittal, who was directing his first movie. For Sri Bharathi Chitra Studios' first production, Vadiraj, an actor, produced and wrote the movie, and Jawahar served as a co-producer. Rajkumar, Harini, Leelavathi, and Udaykumar all play significant roles in the movie.
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Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke
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This poster is from the movie Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke. It is a 1963 Hindi film starring Sunil Dutt and Leela Naidu in the lead roles. This film was Sunil Dutt's debut production, directed by R.K. Nayyar, with music composed by Ravi.
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Kalitharu Henne
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This movie poster is for Kalitharu Henne. It is a 1963 Indian film in the Kannada language that was produced by Jaya Balakrishna and directed by N. C. Rajan. Rajkumar, Leelavathi, Advani Lakshmi Devi, and R. Nagendra Rao are all featured in the movie. The music for the movie was composed by G. K. Venkatesh. T. N. Balakrishna, an actor, made his solo production debut with this movie. He was the film's associate director and dialogue writer.
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Bandini
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This poster was made for the 1963 Hindi drama film Bandini, which was produced and directed by Bimal Roy, who is also known for such classics as Do Bigha Zameen and Devdas. In the movie Bandini, Nutan plays one of the most well-received parts of her career and turns in one of the greatest acting turns in Hindi film history.
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Baba Ramdev
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This poster is from the movie Baba Ramde. The life of the Hindu folk deity Ramdev Pir is the subject of a 1963 Rajasthani-language devotional feature film directed by Nawal Mathur and Manibhai Vyas.
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Charulata
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This poster was made for the 1964 drama film Charulatha, written and directed by Satyajit Ray. This was based on the novel Nastanir by Rabindranath Tagore. This film was considered one of the finest works by Ray.
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Akash Kusum
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This poster was made for the 1965 Bengali film Akash Kusum, directed by renowned Indian parallel-film filmmaker Mrinal Sen. Manzil, a Hindi remake of the movie, was released in 1979.
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Sawaal Majha Aika!
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This poster was made for an Indian Marathi black-and-white movie called Sawaal Majha Aika that was released in 1964. Anant Govind Mane, working under the name "Chetana Chitra," is the film's producer and director. The film's plot is based on the Tamasha, an ancient style of theatre. Sulochana Chavan performs numerous well-known songs in the movie.
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Gazal
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This beautiful vintage Bollywood movie is the 1964 Hindi film Gazal, which starred Meena Kumari and Sunil Dutt in lead roles. Ved-Madan directs this Urdu romantic musical film.
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Sangam
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This poster was made for the 1964 Bollywood romantic drama Sangam, which was written by Inder Raj Anand, directed, produced, and edited by Raj Kapoor at R. K. Studio, and released by R. K. Films in collaboration with Mehboob Studio and Filmistan. With Iftekhar, Raj Mehra, Nana Palsikar, Lalita Pawar, Achala Sachdev, and Hari Shivdasani playing supporting parts, the movie stars Raj Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala, and Rajendra Kumar in the key roles.
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Chemmeen
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This poster was made for the 1965 Indian Malayalam romance movie Chemmeen, based on Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai's novel of the same name. S. L. Puram Sadanandan developed it into a screenplay, Ramu Kariat directed it, and Babu Ismail Sait oversaw Kanmani Films' production.
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Guide
by D.R. Bhonsle
by D.R. Bhonsle
This poster was made for the 1965 Hindi romantic drama film Guide, directed by Vijay Anand and produced by Dev Anand. The poster for this film was designed in a very classic way. The title logo, with a strangely gentle and calm quality, is all that adds up to an image that is singularly haunting and sublime.
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Subarnarekha
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This poster was made for the 1965 Bengali film Subarnarekha directed by Ritwik Ghatak. Although it was created in 1962, it wasn't released until 1965. It is a part of a trilogy that also includes Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Komal Gandhar (1961), and Subarnarekha (1962), all of which are about the refugees who were affected by the Partition of India in 1947 and how they dealt with it.
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Thiruvilaiyadal
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This poster was made for the 1965 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film Thiruvilaiyadal, written, directed, and co-produced by A. P. Nagarajan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri, and K. B. Sundarambal, with T. S. Balaiah, R. Muthuraman, Nagesh, T. R. Mahalingam, K. Sarangapani, Devika, Manorama, and Nagarajan in supporting roles. K. V. Mahadevan composed the film's soundtrack and score, and Kannadasan and Sankaradas Swamigal wrote the song lyrics.
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Malajahna
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This poster was made for the 1965 same-titled novel by Oriya author Upendra Kishore Das’s Oriya film, Malajahna. Written and directed by Nitai Palit in 1965. The leads of the movie are Jharana Das and Akshaya Mohanty (Kashyap). The movie, which is regarded as a classic in Oriya cinema history, explores a topic that was unique for rural India in the 1970s: love between a married woman and a young man.
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Nayak
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This is a very rare vintage Satyajit Ray poster for Nayak, one of the greatest Bengali movies ever made (1966). Satyajit Ray, a legendary director, wrote and produced this movie. "Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore played the main characters in the Bengali drama Nayak. The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali was given to this Satyajit Ray masterpiece in 1967.
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Rangula Ratnam
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This poster was made for the 1966 Indian Telugu movie titled Rangula Ratnam, produced and directed by B. N. Reddy under the auspices of Vauhini Pictures. Chandra Mohan, Vanisri, Anjali Devi, and Baby Rekha are the film's stars (in her on-screen debut). A middle-class family is shown alongside politics and elections in this social and political comedy. The movie took home the National Film Award for Telugu's Best Feature Film.
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Sandhya Raga
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This poster was made for the 1966 Indian film Sandhya Raga, directed by A. C. Narasimha Murthy and co-produced by him and A. Prabhakara Rao. The film stars Rajkumar, Udaykumar, Narasimharaju, and K. S. Ashwath. The filmhas as musical score by G. K. Venkatesh.
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Ramu
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This poster is from the film Ramu, a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film that was written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. In addition to Gemini Ganesh and K. R. Vijaya, the movie also has Master Rajkumar (as the title character), Ashokan, Nagesh, V. K. Ramasamy, O. A. K. Thevar, and other actors in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1964 Hindi film Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein, which centres on a youngster who loses his voice after witnessing the death of his mother and his father's attempts to help him.
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Anweshichu Kandethiyilla
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by Unknown
This poster was made for the 1967 Indian movie Anweshichu Kandethiyilla, which was written and directed by Parappurath and shot in the Malayalam language. K. R. Vijaya, Sathyan, and Madhu appear in the movie. It tells the story of a disillusioned nurse's search for happiness and is based on the same-named novel by Parappurath. In response to the biblical proverb "Seek and ye shall find," the movie was created. The National Film Award for Best Malayalam Feature Film went to Anweshichu Kandethiyilla.
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Belli Moda
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This poster was made for the 1967 Kannada movie, Belli Moda was made by Puttanna Kanagal. It was based on Triveni's book of the same name. In 1967, Kanagal remade the film in Malayalam as Swapnabhoomi and in Telugu as Palamanasulu two years later. This was the first Kannada film to be entirely shot outside.
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Chakra Theertha
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This poster is from the 1967 Indian movie Chakra Theertha, which was produced in Kannada and helmed by Peketi Sivaram. With music by T. G. Lingappa, the movie stars Rajkumar, Udaykumar, Jayanthi, and Balakrishna. It is based on T. R. Subba Rao's book of the same name. In 1968, the director remade the movie as Chuttarikaalu in Telugu.
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Arundhati
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This poster is from the 1967 Oriya film Arundhati. It is directed by Prafulla Sengupta.
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Bahu Begum
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This poster was made for the 1967 Hindi film Bahu Begum, with Pradeep Kumar, Meena Kumari, and Ashok Kumar in the lead roles. It was directed by M. Sadiq. Sahir Ludhianvi wrote the lyrics, while Roshan composed the music for the movie. The songs "Hum Intezaar Karenge Tera Qayamat Tak" and "Duniya Kare Sawaal" by Mohammad Rafi and Asha Bhosle are well-known from this movie. The mythological tale of Bahut Begum's property is the central theme of this Muslim historical drama, which is set in the former city of Lucknow.
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Ankhen
by Diwakar Karkare
by Diwakar Karkare
This poster was made for the 1968 Hindi spy thriller film Ankhen, produced and directed by Ramanad Sagar. This poster is designed in the coolest way, using striking typography that dominates the layout, cleverly alluding to the film’s title, Ankhen. The letters "k" and "h" extend to the top of the frame, crossing through the eyes of the leads, whereas the loops of the "a" and "e" have eyes drawn on them—perhaps a nod to the double life of a spy.
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Adhyapika
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This poster is from the 1968 Indian movie Adhyaapika, which was produced and directed by P. Subramaniam, was in the Malayalam language. Madhu, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Vaikkam Mani, and Ambika all appear in the movie. The movie's soundtrack was composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy. The movie was recreated as Kula Vilakku in Tamil (1969).
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Aamhi Jato Amuchya Gava
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This poster is from the 1968 Marathi language film Amhi Jaato Amucha Gava. The film was remade in Tamil as Moondru Deivangal and in Hindi as Teen Chor.
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Liludi Dharati
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This poster is from the 1968 Gujarati social drama film Liludi Dharati, which was directed by Vallabh Choksi. Along with Daizy Irani, it features Vanalata Mehta, Upendra Kumar, Kala Shah, Champshibhai Nagda, Narahari Jani, Vina Prabhu, and Mahesh Desai. The movie is based on the same-named novel by Gujarati author Chunilal Madia. It was the first ORWO colour film produced in Gujarat.
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Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
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This poster is from the 1969 Indian fantasy adventure comedy film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne was written and directed by Satyajit Ray and was based on a short story by his grandpa Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury. The music and lyrics were composed by Ray himself, and it is a fantasy-musical movie. There are two sequels to this first film in the Goopy - Bagha series: Hirak Rajar Deshe, which was released in 1980, and Goopy Bagha Phire Elo, which was written by Satyajit Ray but was helmed by his son Sandip Ray and released in 1992.
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Kanku
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This poster was made for the 1969 Gujarati social drama movie Kanku, starring Kishore Bhatt, Kishore Jariwala, Pallavi Mehta, directed by Kantilal Rathod. The same-named short tale by Pannalal Patel served as the basis for the movie. At the 17th National Film Awards, the movie was named "Best Feature Film in Gujarati," winning the National Film Award.
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Adimakal
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This poster was made for the 1969 Indian movie Adimakal, which was produced by M. O. Joseph and directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. It is in the Malayalam language. Prem Nazir, Sathyan, Sheela, and Sharada are the movie's stars. Songs and the musical score for the movie were written by G. Devarajan. It received the National Film Award for Malayalam's Best Feature Film. The movie is based on Pamman's book of the same name. The movie was remade in three languages: Telugu (1977), Tamil (1983), and Hindi (1973) as Intezar, Chilakamma Cheppindi, and Nizhal Nijamagiradhu (1978).
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Dr. Bezbarua
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This poster was made for the 1969 movie Dr. Bezbarua. It is the first thriller in the Assamese language, and this movie was directed by Brajen Barua and produced by Rangghar Cine Productions. In the Assamese film industry, it was noted as the start of the popularity of so-called commercial films. Furthermore, it was the first time that shooting took place both indoors and outdoors in a variety of Assamese places.
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Deiva Magan
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This poster was made for the 1969 Tamil film Deiva Magan, written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchander. It is an adaptation of the Bengali novel Ulka by Nihar Ranjan Gupta, starring Sivaji Ganesan in three characters, Jayalalithaa, and supporting performances from Sundarrajan, M. N. Nambiar, Nagesh, V. Nagayya, and Pandari Bai, is written by Nihar Ranjan Gupta. A disfigured guy tries to get in touch with his estranged family in the movie.
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Pratidwandi
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This poster was made for the 1970 Bengali drama film Pratidwani, written and directed by Satyajit Ray. This film was based on a novel by Sunil Ganopadhyay. This film is known for experimenting with techniques such as photo-negative flashbacks.
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Mera Naam Joker
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This poster was made for the 1970 film Mera Naam Joker, which was written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and produced, edited, and directed by Raj Kapoor under his production company, R. K. Films. In addition to Simi Garewal, Kseniya Ryabinkina, Padmini, Manoj Kumar, and Dharmendra playing supporting roles, the movie also stars Raj Kapoor as the title character, with his son Rishi Kapoor making his acting debut as the character's younger version. The main character of the story is a clown who must make his audience laugh at the expense of his own sorrows while performing for the last time in front of three influential women.
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