Osian's Auction Catalogue ABC Series III | March 2007

ABC Series III 160 ‘Acquiring a role in Saat Hindustani was a story in itself. Ajitabh and Neena Singh, who was scheduled to be in the lm, hadsentmyphotographstoAbbas saab. Neena opted out, her part went to Shahnaz Agha…. Tinnu Anand was to act in the project but dropped out on being called by Satyajit Ray to join him as an assistant director. Before I could replace Tinnu Anand, Abbas sab conrmed that I had the sanction of my father. On February 15, 1969, I’d landed in Bombay to meet Abbas saab. I got my rst lm that day. It was released in 1970.’ Khalid Mohamed. To be or not to be Amitabh Bachchan. Saraswati Creations 2002; p.78. 192 Amitabh Bachchan A set of 2 posters: Saat Hindustani.69 (Re-release Issue) and Barsaat Ki Ek Raat.81 Each 37.4 x 27.6 in (95.0 x 70.0 cm) INR 25,000 – 30,000 USD 550 – 700 (Set of 2) ‘During the 1970s and ‘80s several artists from different studios worked on various lm posters, but many of the notable examples were the work of one artist, Diwakar Karkare. Within these posters the artist sought to create a resemblance to the subject as well as to convey the actors’s star identity, a knowledge of which he would have accumulated over time from Bachchan’s on- and off- screen characterization.’ Rachel 193 Hand-painted collage of Amitabh Bachchan’s Ajooba A framed, hand-painted collage depicting scenes from Ajooba 15.9 x 21.4 in (40.3 x 54.3 cm) [with mount 20.1 x 28.0 in (56.0 x 71.0 cm)] Condition: Tape marks b.r. INR 30,000 – 37,500 USD 700 – 850 Dwyer and Divia Patel. Cinema India: The Visual Culture of Hindi Film. New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2002; p.187.