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Aan (1952)
Film Poster
1980s (made)
1980s (made)
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This was the director Mehboob Khan's first experiment with colour film. Set within the kingdom of a Rajput prince and princess this sweeping narrative involves an evil prince who kidnaps a village girl, a farmer who tames the proud and 'wild' princess, and a spectacular sword fight in front of a funeral pyre. The poster depicts that sword fight as well as the princess in her stunning costume.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Indian film poster. |
| Physical description | The title in monumental white lettering runs diagonally across the top left hand side of the poster. The right hand side the poster is dominated by a large scale female portrait. In the background there is a great fire in a palace courtyard and a woman stands on a grand staircase in front of the fire. In the foreground there is an image of two men in princely costumes sword fighting. It appears as if elements of this poster design have been taken from the designs of the original hoarding by Bide Viswananthan (see IS.12-2001) |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Mehboob Productions (Private) Ltd., Mumbai, India |
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| Summary | This was the director Mehboob Khan's first experiment with colour film. Set within the kingdom of a Rajput prince and princess this sweeping narrative involves an evil prince who kidnaps a village girl, a farmer who tames the proud and 'wild' princess, and a spectacular sword fight in front of a funeral pyre. The poster depicts that sword fight as well as the princess in her stunning costume. |
| Bibliographic reference | Rachel Dwyer & Divia Patel, Cinema India: The Visual Culture of the Hindi Film, Reaktion Press, 2002. |
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| Accession number | IS.7-2001 |
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| Record created | August 8, 2001 |
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