Dia Mirza buys iconic 'Mother India' poster, plans to gift to Sanjay Dutt
Dia Mirza, Mother India poster
Anil Kapoor bought the first release three-sheet poster of 'Mughal-e-Azam' at the same auction.
Dia Mirza bid for and bought an original six-sheet poster of the cult classic 'Mother India' - featuring the iconic Nargis Dutt -- for Rs 145,000 in an auction. The actress, who features in a pivotal role in the upcoming film 'Sanju', based on Nargis' son Sanjay Dutt's life, plans to gift the poster to him.
Dia bid for the poster at Osian`s IIFA Auction at the recently concluded International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards in Bangkok.
The poster of the 1957 movie 'Mother India' was much in demand but the winning bid of Rs 145,000 came from the UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador Dia, known as much for her community services and activism as for her acting in cinema. She mentioned that she was buying the iconic poster and would like to offer it as a gift to Sanjay, read a statement.
In 'Sanju', a Rajkumar Hirani directorial, Dia essays the role of Manyata Dutt, Sanjay`s current wife, opposite Ranbir Kapoor.
The Osian`s and IIFA collaboration saw the film fraternity put its weight firmly behind preserving and nurturing of India`s rich cinematic culture and its fragile paper-based heritage.
At the auction, actor Anil Kapoor got his hands on the iconic first release three-sheet poster of 'Mughal-e-Azam' for Rs 210,000.
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Anupam Kher made successful bids for the re-release half-sheet poster of 'Bandini' for Rs 26,000, and a rare poster of 'Kabuliwala' for Rs 34,000.
This was the first public auction in which this rare version of Bimal Roy's 1961 'Kabuliwala' poster came up for sale.