Titanic

Titanic poster original for sale.

Featured here is a publicity poster of one of the greatest blockbusters ever made in Hollywood directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron that starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in lead roles.

Based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic, Titanic (1997) was the first film to reach the billion-dollar revenue mark. It remained the highest-grossing film of all time until James Cameron’s Avatar surpassed it in 2010.

At the time of its release, Titanic was the most expensive film ever made, with an estimated budget of $200 million. The film received both critical as well as commercial success. Titanic was nominated for fourteen Academy Awards – the highest Oscar nominations ever received by a single film. It won eleven, including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director, establishing another record of the most number of Oscars won by a single film.

Printed and circulated in India during the local dubbed release run of the film in Hindi language (somewhere in the late 1990s), this Titanic poster original was intended for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

Typography used in this old Hollywood poster is a mix of both Devanagari Hindi as well as English, with the title appearing in both languages. This Titanic movie poster capitalizes on the success of the film at the Oscars by announcing the same in prominent letters on the top along with an image of the trophy alongside. A message on the bottom right in Hindi reads, “Titanic Ab Hindi Mein” (Titanic Now in Hindi).

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are seen in a romantic embrace in a close up on the top, while the RMS Titanic is seen below.