Rangeela

Rangeela movie poster for sale.

Featured here is an original Bollywood poster of the 1995 love triangle written, produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma and starred Aamir Khan, Jackie Shroff and Urmila Matondkar in lead roles.

Rangeela (1995) was a blockbuster hit and proved to be a turning point for superstar Aamir Khan’s career. The film also gave actress Urmila Matondkar the moniker “Rangeeli” (Colorful girl).

Reema Lagoo, Achyut Potdar, Rajesh Joshi, and Gulshan Grover played supporting roles in the film. Saroj Khan, Shefali Chhaya, Madhur Bhandarkar and Aditya Narayan made special appearances in the film, while noted choreographer Remo D’Souza featured in the title song as a backup dancer.

Rangeela (1995) was ace music composer AR Rahman’s first Hindi film for which he won several awards, making this Aamir Khan movie poster, highly collectible!

Printed and circulated a few years after the first release of the film in theaters (somewhere in the late 1990s), this Rangeela movie poster was originally designed for publicity of a subsequent release of the film but never ended up being used.

This old Bollywood poster was originally designed in mixed media format by using a combination of both hand painted as well as photographic collage techniques.

A large striking photographic still of superstar Aamir Khan wearing his iconic black cap is seen on the right.  Jackie Shroff and Urmila Matondkar are seen posing together in a stunning photo at the center. The two appear in their character of movie stars. The actress is seen again in a close up at the bottom left of this Rangeela movie poster.

Supporting actor Gulshan Grover is seen hand painted on the bottom right, holding a bloody dagger in his hand. Typography used in this old Bollywood poster is primarily in English except for a translation of the the title in Devanagari Hindi illustrated in a large multicolored font at the bottom. The hand painted background is multicolored as well, matching the meaning of the title.

Rangeela was AR Rahman’s first Hindi film in which he composed an original score. Post the film’s massive commercial success, the ace composer (fondly referred to as the “Mozart of Madras”) gained a cult following in Bollywood and bagged numerous projects in the Hindi film industry.

Rangeela was a box office blockbuster and bagged numerous awards and is remembered till date for AR Rahman’s brilliantly composed songs. Chart toppers like “Rangeela Re”, “Hai Rama”, “Kya Kare Kya Na Kare”, “Tanha Tanha Yaha Pe Jeena”, “Yaaro Sun Lo Zara”, “Mangta Hai Kya” & “Yayi re Yayi Re” are some of the finest songs ever composed in the recent history of Bollywood.

The film’s stellar soundtrack was backed by spectacular dance sequences choreographed by Ahmed Khan and Saroj Khan. The present generation’s ace choreographer Remo D’Souza appeared as a background dancer in the title song of Rangeela.