Naami Chor

Bollywood action movies poster for sale: Naami Chor (1977).

This is an actual surviving original Bollywood poster of the 1977 action Hindi drama produced and directed by Kamal Mehra that starred Biswajeet and Leena Chandavarkar in lead roles.

Released under the Pride of Asia Films banner, Naami Chor (1977) also starred Shatrughan Sinha, Durga Khote, Jagirdar, Keshto Mukherjee, David, Raj Mehra, Kamal Mehra and Dev Kumar in supporting roles.

Naami Chor (1977) told the story of an expert lock picker called Raja (Biswajeet) who turns to a life of crime due to his circumstances. After Raja’s father Kundal Lal (Jagirdar) is convicted for killing his sister’s rapist, Raja is left to fend for himself along with his mother (Durga Khote) and sister. When Kundal Lal is released from prison after serving his 14 year sentence, Vinod (Shatrughan Sinha) dupes him into believing that he is his son Raja. He fakes a story about his sister dying of typhoid at a young age and his mother dying shortly after due to a heart attack. Unknown to Kundal Lal, Vinod is a henchman working for the son of the very same man he murdered, who is out to avenge his father’s death.

Printed and circulated during the original first release of the film (somewhere in 1977), this Bollywood action movies poster was designed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

This Naami Chor movie poster was originally designed in hand painted oil on canvas format by master Bollywood poster artist V.G. Parchure of Pamart Studio fame. The printed signature of movie poster designer V.G. Parchure in the name of his art studio Pamart is seen on the top right of this vintage Bollywood poster.

Actor Shatrughan Sinha is illustrated in a striking hand drawn portrait on the top right firing a pistol. Biswajeet appears at the bottom running from the police and pointing his gun at them. Actress Leena Chandavarkar’s is seen behind him with her hands raised on the bottom left. Several buildings lit up in flames are seen in the background of this Bollywood action movies poster.

Typography used in this Naami Chor poster is entirely in English, with only it’s title translated to both Devanagari Hindi as well as Urdu on the top.

The soundtrack album of Naami Chor (1977) was composed by hit music composer duo Kalyanji-Anandji. It featured the popular song, “Kehtey Hain Mujhko Raja” sung by Kishore Kumar and picturised on Biswajeet. The song was inspired by a movie of the same name that was produced and directed by Biswajeet two years earlier, i.e. Kahtey Hain Mujhko Raja (1975).