Alakh Niranjan

Vintage posters online India: Alakh Niranjan (1975).

This is an actual surviving rare vintage original Bollywood poster of the 1975 dubbed Hindi film produced by P. Subba Rao and directed by Babubhai Mistry. Alakh Niranjan starred N.T. Rama Rao (NTR) in the lead role. Ramakrishna, Kantha Rao, KV Chelam, Balakrishna, Vanisri, Kanchana, Dhanasiri, Varalakshmi and Anitha played supporting roles in the film.

Babubhai Mistry being the pioneer of special effects in Indian cinema, was also the special effects director for Alakh Niranjan. The south Indian religious drama was based on the ancient teachings of Hinduism surrounding the subject of gender equality. The movie shows N.T. Rama Rao playing Lord Vishnu and Vanisri playing goddess Lakshmi, both being bestowed with equal powers by the almighty.

Printed and circulated during the first release of the film in theaters (somewhere in the 1975), this Alakh Niranjan poster was printed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

This vintage posters online India print was originally designed using a combination of both hand painted oil on canvas format as well as photographic collage by an art studio in South India. Illustrated by film poster painter Venkateshwar, this Bollywood poster bears his signature on the bottom right.

Actress Vanisri is seen in a stunning portrait prominently at the center of the poster, while a leopard appears on a leash alongside. A smaller close up photo of actor N.T. Rama Rao (NTR) is seen on the right of this vintage Bollywood poster. Lettering used in this poster is entirely in English, with a translation of the title appearing in Devanagari Hindi script as well at the bottom.