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Unknown Stories Behind Rare Film Posters

Meena Kumari in Gomti Ke Kinaare

Hand painted poster featuring Meena Kumari in Gomti Ke Kinaare

My latest acquisition… A stunning Diwakar Karkare portrait of the queen of tragedy

Gomti Ke Kinare (1972), starring Meena Kumari and Mumtaz is directed by Saawan Kumar Tak. This forgettable flick had some brilliant R D Burman tracks written by Majrooh, esp the Kishore-Asha duet ‘Kya jaano tum bin thi kya dil ko beqarari..’ and the Lata-Kishore immortal number – ‘Jeene ka din mar jaane ka mausam hai in nazaaron mein…’

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Film historian, author and archivist of vintage film memorabilia SMM Ausaja is Senior Archivist (Cinema) at Tuli Research Centre for India Studies. Based in Mumbai, Ausaja has collected, preserved, archived and restored a phenomenal collection of posters, movie stills, song synopsis booklets, lobby cards, glass slides, post cards, LP records and other film memorabilia over the last three decades. He is the author of The Bachchans and Bollywood in Posters and has co-authored The Swinging 70's and Bollywood: The Films! The Songs! The Stars! He can be contacted on smmausaja@hotmail.com
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