A unique exhibition of movie posters released in Pakistan from the ’60s to the ’80s
A unique exhibition of movie posters released in Pakistan from the 60s to 80s. Let’s Have a Look:
A unique 15-day painting exhibition named Filmi Yaadon has started at Shahr Quaid Art Gallery. In the unique exhibition, beautiful, decorative designs of posters and boards of films released in Pakistan in the 60s to 80s have been created.
In the exhibition, boards and movie posters of films released in Pakistani cinemas in the 60s to 80s have been decorated in the gallery. In this exhibition, 8 artists have painted Waheed Murad Zeba’s film Armaan, Ijaz, and Firdous’s Hiranjha in more than 40 paintings. Apart from Nadeem Nasho’s acting, he has also made movie posters in the form of pictures of Indian films Madrandia, Mughal Azam, Miranam Joker, Taj Mahal, and Hollywood’s epic films Doctor Nou, The Guard Father, and Titanic.
Artist Zafar Siddiqui, who designed the cover of the famous digest, painted the posters for the Pakistan film Anjuman, Ansu Bahay Pathra Ne, Tum Hi Homhoob Mere in the style of the book title, while artist Zahid Hussain painted the posters of the film Rangeela and Manoor Zarif, Insan Aur Ghadha with cigarette filters. Illustrated in an ornate style.
Art One 62 Gallery Clifton inaugurated a photo exhibition titled Movie Memories, in which apart from artists, people from various walks of life participated in the arts.
Painters Abbas Kamangar, Mehtab Ali, Nisar Bashir, Rustam Khan, Professor Rahmat Khan, Saeed Naqvi, Zafar Siddiqui, and Zahid Hussain have painted famous and well-known Pakistani, Indian, and Hollywood films made in the 60s, 80s, and mid-90s. , Ram Vishyam, Daag, Babylon, Deedar, Ganga Wajmana, On, Dard, Madrandia, Mughal Azam, The Good The Bad, and The Ugly, besides Dr., The Guard Father, Titanic movie posters and portraits of Waheed Murad.
Artists recreated the memories of legendary films through digital on paper, oil on canvas, water on paper, acrylic on paper, and digital on canvas.
More than 40 paintings have been placed in the conceptual exhibition of film memories. Famous Digest cover artist Zafar Siddiqui has painted the movie posters of Pakistani films Anjuman, Ansu Bahai Pathra Ne, Tum Hi Ho Mehboob Mere, and others in a highly decorative style using water-on-color, while painter Zahid Hussain has given the image of the posters of the movie Rangeela and Manoor Zarif, Insan Aur Gadha in a very beautiful style by adding a Cosgrit filter.
Sajid Hasan, who participated in the exhibition, said in a conversation that it is a unique concept to present art in this way, when we were young, films used to get such public fame. It is a great way to popularize cinema and make art and artists famous.
He said that the aesthetic beauty is visible in these pictures, I was happy to see Ejaz and Firdous in the poster of the film Hiranjha, now what should we tell our children about their position, this is a famous film of its time. Actors used to be superstars, the study of our history is very important and especially the arrangement made to highlight the artistic services and memory of Nadeem, Wahid Murad, and Muhammad Ali through these pictures is worthy of praise.
According to Junaid Hamid, Curator of Art One 62 Gallery, the culture of Pakistani films and the era in which the Pakistan film industry was at its peak, is the time from the 60s to the 90s when we were gradually growing up. It was a time when movie posters were painted by hand, artists were rare in those days.
He said that those who used to make 30 and 40 feet long and wide movie posters and boards on the screen, now all that has disappeared, due to new technology, the art of the past has disappeared, and after the modern technology of today, that art has disappeared.
Senior artist Mehtab Ali said that he used to watch movies as a child, like Superstar Rohid Murad’s movie Armaan, which was released in the year 66. All of us artists thought that a tribute should be paid to all those artists of Pakistan, Hollywood, and Bollywood, whose height movie posters and boards were used to decorate cinema halls, due to this idea, tribute was paid to these heroes of the past.
The Film Yadain photo exhibition will continue till October 30.
