Osian's Auction Catalogue The Osianama Series |February 2013

157 INDIAN CINEMA POST 1942 b f d a c 82 Dilip Kumar in a. Aarzoo  1950 Indian National Pictures / Shahid Lateef Pictures 7.5 x 9.9 in (19.0 x 25.2 cm) b. Sangdil  1952 Talwar Films / R. C. Talwar 8.3 x 10.4 in (21.0 x 26.4 cm) c. Devdas  1955 Bimal Roy Productions / Bimal Roy 7.8 x 10.4 in (19.8 x 26.5 cm) d. Leader  1964 S Mukherji Film Syndicate / Ram Mukherjee 6.2 x 10.6 in (15.7 x 27.0 cm) e. & f. Sunghursh  1968 Rahul Theatres / H. S. Rawail e. 11.8 x 9.4 in (30.0 x 24.0 cm) f. 9.7 x 11.5 in (24.7 x 29.2 cm) Each b/w print on photographic paper (PHO) Provenance The Zafar Aabid Collection ` 100,000 – 200,000 US$ 1,820 – 3,640 Lot of 6 Bimal Roy’s Devdas (1955) is widely regarded as the best adaptation of the Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay classic novel, though there would always be comparisions with its predecessor P C Barua’s Devdas (1935) and successor Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2002 version.