The irony of the posters of old Indian films

- The promotional material for 'Stunt' and 'Social' films was provided by Wadia, who achieved the highest level in the cinematic culture of India. However the posters of our previous films are now gone

Movie posters have the same fascination with cinema, there was a time when movie lovers looked for new movie posters every Thursday night and waited a long time before Friday morning - there was no TV in that era, only movie songs and commercials were heard on the radio. Just a few days ago, the huge cutout of southern superstar Rajinikanth was anointed with milk by his fans forever, but this time some of his fans splashed goat's milk. Of course, this incident was condemned by life-lovers. We are talking about the popularity of movie-posters and their popularity! The heroine of the 19th film 'Stunt Queen', Finerless, dressed in orange, green and white and gave a brand new look, along with her popular co-star John Kavas in the poster.

The film had a special scene of a running train (Nadia has had many such stunt films) and a woman with her hands and feet tied on the tracks was put to sleep and a speeding train was coming in front. 'Stunt Movies' was dominated by Fearless Nadia and her image was shown much larger than other actors in the poster. In the popularity of such thriller films, even posters were of special importance. Nadia's many action films came out at that time, including 'Hunterwali' (19), 'Miss Frontierman' (19), 'Punjab Mail' (16), 'Tufan Mail' (17), 'Tufan Express'.

Posters of 'Stunt Queen' are also a part of the collection of movie posters, lobby cards and booklets of film songs. All this is a collection of Riyadh Wadia. The advertising material for the films was made by Jamshedji Wadia who was the grandfather of Riyadh. Homi Wadia, brother of Jamshedji Wadia. All these were working under the banner of Wadia Movietone, Basant Picture and Wadia Films. Mumbai's auction house - Prinseps recently held an online auction of publicity materials, including 20 posters, lobby cards and a number of booklets of film songs. Which has also been auctioned off. ‘We will announce the date of the open auction soon. The auction of posters will start from Rs 50,000. Bids for lobby cards range from Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000. It will start from Rs 10,000, 'said Indrajith Chatterjee, director of Princeset.

The credit for creating the new KD Kandarti stunt films goes to the Wadia Brothers today. His films were once known as 'B-Movies'. Not only this, the credit and responsibility for creating an unparalleled skin personality known as 'Fearless Nadia' and making it immensely popular also goes to this Wadia brother. 'Fearless Nadia' was actually Australian-born Mary Ann Evans, who gained immense popularity in India and drove film buffs crazy. The audience was amazed to see his new stunt.

All these things are from the time of independence and the years before that, when films became silent and years later films started speaking. Mary Ann Evans starred mostly in stunt films. Nadia used to jump from buildings and fight by hanging on chandeliers. He also fought from the roof of a running train, rode a horse and fought fencing. - This was his specialty.

"The Wadia Brothers had a strong publicity department," says Amrut Gangar, who knows a lot about films. To design the posters he d. G. Appointed a minister. The variety of posters he designed was unbelievable. The poster of the movie 'Maya Mahal' was given an interesting op using red and blue colors. He even made two special posters. The poster was for 'Mela' (19), starring Dilip Kumar and Nargis. The poster was of four sheets and the poster of the film 'Saaz aur Sanam' (121) had Rekha and Premendra, the poster was of six sheets.

The promotional material for 'Stunt' and 'Social' films was provided by Wadiaj, who achieved the highest level in Indian cinematic culture. However the posters of our previous films are now gone. "Such posters prove to be very important for storage and retention," said Gangar.

Nine years after Jamshed Wadia co-founded Wadia Movieton with his brother Homi Wadia, the two brothers separated in 19. After this, making action-packed films from Wadia Movietone started providing such entertainment to the viewers. Jamshed's grandson Roy Wadia says, "It was so amazing in those films that the storyline of the stunt films covered the thriller."

Nargis Wadia, director of Wadia Movieton and daughter-in-law of Jamshed, says, "The female character structure shattered Wadia's vision. Jamshedji took her much further than the way the woman was portrayed as Satisavitri on the screen. For many years after the arrival of Fearless Nadia in films, female characters were subdued.