Roti Kapda Aur Makaan

Old hand painted Bollywood movie poster of the blockbuster Hindi film, Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974) for sale.

This is an actual surviving old Bollywood poster of the 1974 Hindi film that was written, produced, directed by and starring Manoj Kumar. The film also starred the biggest superstar of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan in a supporting role.

The title of the movie was based on the bare necessities of life, i.e. Food, Clothing & Shelter. The film was the highest grossing Bollywood movie of 1974 and one of the biggest blockbusters of Manoj Kumar.

Roti Kapda Aur Makaan also boosted superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s film career, who at the time was looking to make a mark in Bollywood, making this poster highly collectible!

Printed and circulated a few years after the original first release run of the film (somewhere in the late 1970s), this vintage Indian Bollywood movie poster was designed and printed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

This poster was originally designed on a hand painted canvas by a small time poster design studio in Delhi, giving it a very quirky appearance.

Faces of the entire star cast of the film appear hand painted in a Mount Rushmore like manner in this landscape Bollywood poster. Portraits of Manoj Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Moushumi Chatterjee and Prem Nath are seen from left to right in this vintage Indian film poster.

Roti Kapda Aur Makaan is a 1974 Bollywood movie written, produced, directed by and starring Manoj Kumar. The film also featured an impressive star cast comprising Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman and Moushumi Chatterjee.