left: Jangal Mein Mangal (1972); centre: Shalimar (1978); right: Jaani Dushman (1979).
Three examples of the art of the lurid from this site which has a huge selection of Indian poster art from the Fifties on. I still haven’t seen Shalimar but I’ve been playing the great soundtrack by India’s Ennio Morricone, Rahul Dev Burman, continually for the past year. There’s also several pages of Lollywood billboards from Pakistan. And a gallery of posters for trashy horror movies from the west; these people are lurid connoisseurs. I actually own the David Cronenberg Shivers/Rabid poster on that pulp page, something I’d completely forgotten about. Had I seen the utterly dreadful art for Zuma 2: Hell Serpent earlier I could have included it in the Men with snakes post.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Lussuria, Invidia, Superbia
• Zeppelin vs. Pterodactyls
• The poster art of Bob Peak
• A premonition of Premonition
• Perfume: the art of scent
• Metropolis posters
• Film noir posters
• Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman
My favourite Bollywood movie is Devdas. That movie (the modern version that is) is truly beautiful and the soundtrack to die for.
Thanks Nathalie, I’ll watch out for that. Shalimar has great music but the film itself seems pretty poor. Judging by YouTube clips the songs I like are cut in the film versions as well.
Jani dushman was good movie, but poster is horrible. :)
i also like jani dushman that was really nice movie
Hi,I enjoyed the read. Regards for this post. Thank you!. ;)