14
– 15 November, Westbury Gallery, Westbury Hotel, Mayfair, W1 * Preview of
upcoming Vintage Bollywood Memorabilia auction * 2013 marks 100 years of
Bollywood * Vintage memorabilia from the greatest Bollywood films of all time *
150 lots including vintage LPs, film banners, Bollywood posters and gramophones
London,
UK, October 30, 2013 - Celebrating 100 years of Bollywood, Conferro Auctions is
hosting a special preview of its upcoming inaugural auction of Vintage
Bollywood Memorabilia on 14 – 15 November at the Westbury Gallery, Westbury
Hotel, Mayfair, W1.
The
auction features collectables such as LPs, film banners and Bollywood posters
from some of the milestones of Indian film history, including Mughal-e-Azam
(1960) and Sholay (1975), which were recently voted the top two greatest
Bollywood films of all time.
The
150 lots include vintage LPs, banners, synopses, posters, lobby cards and
gramophones from the last 100 years of Bollywood history, which will be
auctioned on 29 November.
Bollywood
has become one of the world’s largest film industries since the debut of its
first official film on 3 May 1913, Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke.
Producing some 1,000 films a year (twice the annual output of Hollywood), the
stars of its silver screen are known the world over.
As
reported by The Telegraph, the UK is home to the largest audience for Bollywood
films outside of India, contributing 15-20 per cent of the industry’s profits.
Says
Conferro’s Director Sharan Seth, “With Bollywood such an ingrained part of our
cultural identity and the timely centenary of Bollywood film, our first auction
reflects India’s rich and vibrant history and artistic practices”.
Dr
Anna Morcom, Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway University adds, “Since the
1990s, Bollywood has gone global on a new level, embraced enthusiastically by
the Indian diaspora and through them, has gained a presence in the mainstream
of US and UK culture”.
by
Curzon PR
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