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Friday, 1st December 2006
An exhibition about the use of photo stills in Bollywood film publicity. Working in partnership with Kamat Foto Flash (Pioneers of the scene in Mumbai), Kranti Media & Shisha.
Click here to see images of the exhibition taken at a celebration of Indian cinema with the IFFAs at the Media Museum, Bradford.
Whilst there are many exciting elements to the Bollywood film industry that have been recently highlighted in the international media, the publicity and marketing factor known in the Bollywood film industry as "Action Stills" has been overlooked. Historically, these are photograph stills that have been used by the large billboard painters to select particular scenes with stars that will grace the huge hand painted billboards in India and also for posters, press and magazine advertising.
Drawing on the large "action stills" archives from Kamat Foto Flash in Mumbai, India, this exhibition will chart the history of the action stills production process from its heyday in the seventies and eighties to their transformation into digital photography in the contemporary moment. The exhibition will pay homage to this neglected area of Indian film publicity while also offering an insight into the many and varied images that this form of cultural production has given rise to.
This Exhibtion launched in June 07 @ the World Famous I.I.F.A.S showcase in Bradford @ The National Media Centre with Aishwarya Rai. Click here for more info
Exhibition Team
Project Management, Press & Touring:
Ammo Talwar - ammo@punch-records.co.uk or
Alnoor Mitha - alnoor@shisha.net
Writer, Curator & Research Manager:
Dr Rajinder Dudrah - rajinder.dudrah@manchester.ac.uk
Artist & Producer:
Subash Singh Pall - krantimedia@yahoo.co.uk
www.krantimedia.co.uk
The Bollywood Stills exhibition will be touring from Summer 2008 onwards, in partnership with Shisha. For booking enquiries contact Punch on 0121 224 7444
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