Osian's Auction Catalogue The Osianama Series |February 2013

167 INDIAN CINEMA POST 1942 89 Pran in a. Chandu  1958 N. R. Productions / Majnu 10.2 x 9.1 in (26.0 x 23.2 cm) b. Pooja Ke Phool  1964 AVM Productions / A. Bhimsingh 10.8 x 8.5 in (27.5 x 21.5 cm) Each b/w print on photographic paper (PHO) Provenance The Zafar Aabid Collection ` 30,000 – 60,000 US$ 550 – 1,100 Lot of 2 b Although Indian cinema has seen several versatile actors who have been successful villians, but Pran remains the only name to have been successful in all shades of villiany. He was also one of the most handsome faces of his time and when he courted the damsels in dapper suits, he was more charming than Count Dracula!