Osian's Auction Catalogue The Osianama Series |February 2013

145 INDIAN CINEMA POST 1942 d c 74 Dev Anand in a. Rahi  1952 Naya Sansar / Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 10.0 x 8.4 in (25.4 x 21.4 cm) b. Aandhiyan  1952 Navketan Films / Chetan Anand 9.3 x 8.5 in (23.5 x 21.6 cm) Not Illustrated c. Ferry  1954 Film Trust of India / Hemen Gupta 7.4 x 9.6 in (18.8 x 24.4 cm) d. Funtoosh  1956 Navketan Films / Chetan Anand 7.2 x 10.8 in (18.4 x 27.4 cm) Each print on photographic paper (PHO) Provenance The Zafar Aabid Collection ` 60,000 – 120,000 US$ 1,090 – 2,180 Lot of 4 RAHI was based on a story set in tea-estates, the film was scripted, produced and directed by the famous writer K A Abbas, who gave Dev Anand a character with negative shades, breaking away from his romantic-hero image.