I have a large collection of original vintage Bollywood movie posters, collected over many years. This poster is in hand and will be posted in a poster tube. Featured here for sale is a rare surviving original first print poster of the greatest Bollywood film ever made in Indian cinema, Sholay. Printed and circulated during the first release of Sholay (somewhere in the mid 1970s), this vintage hand painted Bollywood movie poster was originally designed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used. This is an actual publicity poster from the era that the film was first released in, i. This old Bollywood movie poster was originally designed on a hand painted canvas by one of the most sought after Hindi film poster artists/painters, C. The poster bears the signature style of C. Mohans brilliance, with superbly hand painted passport styled portraits of the lead actors on the top. In the design of this old Bollywood movie poster, C. And the second its epic storyline, with an announcement that reads: The greatest story ever told! Bollywood movie poster painter C. Mohan focuses on typography by giving maximum prominence to the title of the film, which appears in a brilliant 3D styled font engulfed in flames. Mohans original signature is clearly seen on the bottom right hand corner of this authentic old movie poster. Sholay is the highest grossing film of all time in Indian cinema and unanimously regarded as the greatest film ever made in Bollywood. Declared as the Film of the Millennium by BBC India in 1999, Sholay is an unforgettable classic that has become almost synonymous with masala in Indian cinema. Its characters such as Jai, Veeru, Basanti, Thakur & Gabbar Singh have been etched into history. The film has an unbeaten record for running for over five consecutive years after being released. A 3-D version of this film was released in January 2014. Sholay enjoys a cult following in India and its dialogues are often quoted in various media. The item “ORIGINAL VINTAGE BOLLYWOOD SHOLAY MOVIE POSTER” is in sale since Sunday, November 1, 2020. This item is in the category “Art\Art Posters”. The seller is “ecommercesalesuk” and is located in Hounslow. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Russian federation, Antigua and barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Bahrain, Brazil, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei darussalam, Cayman islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Macao, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and caicos islands, Aruba, Saudi arabia, South africa, United arab emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Trinidad and tobago, Uruguay, Viet nam.
- Size: Giant (over 60in.)
- Colour: Multi-Colour
- Style: Vintage
- CustomTag_1: Bollywood
- CustomTag_0: Hand Painted Movie Posters Canvas
- CustomTag_3: Bollywood Films
- CustomTag_2: Classic Indian Film
- Featured Refinements: Film
- CustomTag_5: Bollywood
- Width (Inches): 30 inches
- Subject: Movies
- CustomTag_4: Movie Posters hand painted canvas
- Film Posters: Bollywood
- Memrobilia Collectables: Bollywood Films
- Indian Cinema: Bollywood
- Classic Vintage: Movie Posters
- Bollywood Indian Cinema: Movie Posters
- World Cinema: India
- CustomTag_6: India
- Originality: Limited Edition hand painted
- Height (Inches): 40 inches