Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 158 188 Mughal-e-Azam A framed oil on canvas painting S/d in English V. Mistry b.l. 27.6 x 21.5 in (70.0 x 54.5 cm) Condition: Minor marks on surface. INR 40,000 – 50,000 USD 900 – 1,150 ‘History, in the lm, is communicated through a two- level conict: the familial (which, in Indian cinema, is barely distinguishable from the social), with the confrontation between father and son, but equally the conict between private sentiments and reasons of State. The two domains 189 Mughal-e-Azam A set of 12 framed photographic Lobby Cards (LBY) 8.9 x 14.6 in (22.5 x 37.0 cm) [with mount 14.3 x 19.1 in (36.4 x 48.4 cm)] Condition: Wear and tear, aking on a few LBYs INR 60,000 – 75,000 USD 1,350 – 1,700 (Set of 12) can never quite be separated. Here, the exercise of power –with its glory and its limits-is perhaps better illustrated by a love story than by the historical and political analysis of a son’s rebellion against his father.’ Yves Thoraval. The Cinemas Of India. New Delhi, Macmillan India Limited 2000. p. 106.