Jewel Thief

Jewel Thief poster for sale. Featured here is a Turkish edition vintage Bollywood poster of the hit Hindi movie, Jewel Thief (1967).

This is an actual surviving original old Bollywood poster of the 1967 James Bond style spy thriller that featured the evergreen superstar of Indian cinema, Dev Anand in the lead role. Vyjayantimala and Ashok Kumar also played memorable roles in the film.

Printed and circulated during the release of the film in Turkey (somewhere in the 1970s), this Jewel Thief poster was printed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

This Dev Anand poster was originally designed in hand painted oil on canvas format by a movie poster artist in Turkey. Stunning hand painted portraits of Dev Anand, Vyjayantimala and Helen are seen in this Jewel Thief movie poster. A large close up of actress Vyjayantimala is seen prominently in this Dev Anand movie poster. Actress Helen is seen in her iconic cabaret dancer avatar alongside.

The poster is set against a soothing gradient pink background. Typography used in this Jewel Thief movie poster is a mix of Turkish and English. The names of the three actors appear in English at the bottom left of this very rare Turkish Bollywood movie poster.

The film’s soundtrack composed by S. D. Burman includes chartbusters such as “Yeh Dil Na Hota Bechara” and “Hothon Mein Aisi Baat” which are played till today.