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Sheikh Rehman is Mumbai’s last painter of film posters. His studio is run in the old masters’ style. Here, Rehman is both artist and guru, comedian and philosopher. But modernity is taking over and the audiences that have come in for generations for refuge and entertainment are dwindling. With his theatre facing potential demolition, marketing has turned to more plastic movie posters to lure in more people, replacing the need for Rehman’s original work. It’s a hopeless struggle but Rehman won’t give up ...

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INFORMATION

Edition: Singapore 2016
Directors: Georg Heinzen, Florian Heinzen-Zio
Subjects: Film Poster, Painting
Languages: Hindi, English
Runtime: 95 mins
Screening: Asia Premiere

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