NEW DELHI: In one of its biggest acquisition in recent years, the National Film Archives of India has acquired nearly 2,500 posters of Indian feature films, including a rare 50sq feet hand-painted poster of K Asif 's 1960 classic `Mughal-e-Azam'. NFAI said it is an offset print of a hand-painted poster and, because of its giant size, is able to show great details of the film, including scenes. "The poster has everything--from long-shot depictions of the war se quence, to a colourful snapshot of the sheesh mahal sequence, all done in beautiful brushstrokes," an NFAI official said. There is also a portrait of Madhubala as Anarkali, tied in chains, one of the most iconic images of Hindi cinema. "This has been a significant addition to NFAI's ever-growing collection of film-related ," said Prakash Magdum, NFAI director.Among others, NFAI has acquired film posters of 90 Amitabh Bachchan films, including one of his earliest, Sanjog (1971), and the unreleased Zamaanat.

Source: Times of India August 06, 2017 00:11 UTC