Bollywood posters
left: Jangal Mein Mangal (1972); centre: Shalimar (1978); right: Jaani Dushman (1979).
Three examples of the art of the lurid from this site which has a huge selection of Indian poster art from the Fifties on. I still haven’t seen Shalimar but I’ve been playing the great soundtrack by India’s Ennio Morricone, Rahul Dev Burman, continually for the past year. There’s also several pages of Lollywood billboards from Pakistan. And a gallery of posters for trashy horror movies from the west; these people are lurid connoisseurs. I actually own the David Cronenberg Shivers/Rabid poster on that pulp page, something I’d completely forgotten about. Had I seen the utterly dreadful art for Zuma 2: Hell Serpent earlier I could have included it in the Men with snakes post.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Lussuria, Invidia, Superbia
• Zeppelin vs. Pterodactyls
• The poster art of Bob Peak
• A premonition of Premonition
• Perfume: the art of scent
• Metropolis posters
• Film noir posters
• Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman
5 comments or trackbacks
#1 posted by Nathalie
Nov 8th, 2007
My favourite Bollywood movie is Devdas. That movie (the modern version that is) is truly beautiful and the soundtrack to die for.
#2 posted by John
Nov 9th, 2007
Thanks Nathalie, I’ll watch out for that. Shalimar has great music but the film itself seems pretty poor. Judging by YouTube clips the songs I like are cut in the film versions as well.
#3 posted by Bollywood
Apr 11th, 2009
Jani dushman was good movie, but poster is horrible. :)
#4 posted by pk-songs
Jul 25th, 2011
i also like jani dushman that was really nice movie
#5 posted by Kelly
Jul 28th, 2011
Hi,I enjoyed the read. Regards for this post. Thank you!. ;)