MID-DAY (June 9, 2017)

Rare glimpses of Bollywood over the years will be put up for auction here later this month. Original artworks by the likes of Baburao Painter and M F Husain, publicity material of leading banner-hoarding artists and designers apart from vintage photographs since the '50s will be part of Osian’s The Greatest Indian Show on Earth 2: Vintage Film Memorabilia, Publicity Materials & Arts Auction on June 22.

Structured across eight major sections, it will have original artworks by Satyajit Ray, Mani Kaul and Deepti Naval, to a focus on thespian Dilip Kumar from Mughal-E-Azam (1960). It will also include unique jubilee trophies of Bobby (1973), Deewaar (1975) and original publicity material art for Andaz (1949), Anari (1959) and Guide (1965) to rare vintage posters.

There will be focus on the Kapoors — the first family of Indian cinema — besides rare posters, showcards, lobby cards, photographic stills from the golden 1950s period to the era of Amitabh Bachchan and the Khan trio — Salman, Shah Rukh and Aamir. An opening preview will be held on June 16 at Osian’s. Its chairman Neville Tuli spent nearly 20 years to put together the foremost archive, library and collection on India’s cinematic heritage.