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Arp Laszlo • Comics • AuDHD

Finally found a pic of my all-time favorite #Halloween #costume: a Generic Bad Guy from a #1970s #Bollywood masala film!

I was most definitely named 'Zebisko' (my favorite bad guy name, ever, from one of my favorite movies 'Amar Akbar Anthony'), thrifted the green polyester jacket & red 70s tux shirt, and sadly did not grow the #fumanchu (it's fake hair & spirit gum).

I wish I still had that polyester jacket :(

#FunFact: Masala films blend multiple genres into one movie: action, romance, comedy, drama, and - of course - musicals; the best were made in the late #70s and early #80s. #Films are usually 3h long so you get your money's worth and there is literally something for everybody.

Pointless sidenote: people wore #bellbottoms in India throughout the 80s, and as late as 1994 I met a guy in the Bombay airport who dressed like Neil Diamond from the 70s Every Single Day, down to the hair. The anachronism of #Indian fashion before the internet was AWESOME.

#fillims #IndianAmerican

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zebisko in the house!
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Letterform Archive

Indian movie posters in Devanagari, Latin, Telugu, and Bengali scripts:
Samaj Ko Badal Dalo | समाज को बदल डालो, 1970
Bhakta Prahlāda | భక్త ప్రహ్లాద, 1967
Kābuli’ōẏālā | কাবুলিওয়ালা, 1957

Read about this collection and see more posters in @tanyatypes’ 2022 article: letterformarchive.org/news/ind

Poster with imagery that features a still from the film with its protagonist and her two children. The title calls for a change in society and deals with the topic of mill workers and their rights. The poster has similarities to Soviet revolutionary designs, with the strong use of reds and yellows, and wedge-like forms to anchor the text and illustration to one corner.
Poster featuring a child with a halo illustrated behind his head. Bhakta Prahlada translates to “The Devotee”, and the religious themes are made evident with the image of the reverent titular figure, Prahlada. This Telugu poster has a clear demarcation of artwork and text. The title displays ornate designs that introduce leafy flares in the thicker parts of the letterforms that match the temple arch-motif in the halo around the main image. Bifurcated, Tuscan serif-like terminals are seen in the matras that have been drawn to fit into the space available. To make space for text above it, “Bhakta” is lettered at a smaller size than “Prahlada” and brings to focus the name of the devotee.
Poster featuring a camel caravan and orange sunset between mountain cliffs. The poster breaks away from usual imagery of the actors and depicts the journey the protagonist makes from Afghanistan to Calcutta (now Kolkata). The title is a distinctive design that reduces the Bengali letterforms to their geometric forms, giving them a stencil-like quality. The curved forms feature a crescent terminal, which helps keep the letters readable. The remaining text on the poster has a more calligraphic, fluid feel contrasting with the geometric forms of the title.
#Lettering#India#Bollywood
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