Osian's Auction Catalogue The Greatest Indian Show On Earth | September 2014

The Greatest Indian Show on Earth 126 Rajesh Khanna in SHEHZADA.1972 Directed by K. Shankar a. Photographic still pasted on hand-painted paperboard / SHW 15.7 x 28.0 in (39.9 x 71.0 cm) b. & c. Photographic Still mounted on Lobby Card / PHL 19.5 x 23.4 in (49.6 x 59.4 cm) Provenance Private Collector, New Delhi ` 24,000 – 36,000 US$ 400 – 600 GBP 240 – 360 Lot of 3 127 Rajesh Khanna & Sharmila Tagore in AMAR PREM.1972 Directed by Shakti Samanta Offset Lithography Poster / POS 39.6 x 29.1 in (100.5 x 74.0 cm) Provenance Collection of a Film Historian, Mumbai ` 9,000 – 13,500 US$ 150 – 225 GBP 90 – 135 Full image on p. 196 128 Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore & Raakhee in DAAG.1973 Directed by Yash Chopra Offset Lithography Poster / POS 29.5 x 19.7 in (75.0 x 50.0 cm) Provenance Private Collection, New Delhi ` 12,000 – 18,000 US$ 200 – 300 GBP 120 – 180 Full image on p. 197 125 Rajesh Khanna in BAWARCHI.1972 Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee Photographic Still mounted on Lobby Card / PHL 14.8 x 11.8 in (37.5 x 30.0 cm) Provenance Private Collector, New Delhi ` 15,000 – 22,500 US$ 250 – 375 GBP 150 – 225 Lot of 6 Full image on p. 194 In his many roles and films worth mentioning, his role in Bawarchi still stands out as an unparalleled and bold attempt at comedy by an actor who had reached his stature. He plays the peace loving cook who acts as a catalyst for a good change in a middle class joint family’s lifestyle and behaviour. A refreshing change to any of his other roles, Bawarchi brought such a colourful layer to Khanna’s versatility that it added a new dimension to his on screen and offscreen persona. Of course, ‘Bawarchi’ was also marked by his signature glances, head bobbing gestures and phrases that had come to stay but his character displayed a unique craftiness with words and a marvellous comic demeanour that people had only witnessed in very few of his films. a 193 A FOCUS ON THE FIRST SUPERSTAR OF INDIAN CINEMA RAJESH KHANNA