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MUMBAI:
Several film memorabilia artifacts and artworks including
playback singer Kishore Kumar's last song, said to have
been recorded just three days before his demise and
yet remains unreleased are set to be auctioned at the
upcoming 12th Osian's Cinefan Film Festival scheduled
to be held from 27 July to 5 August in New Delhi.
"I
hope this auction inspires our collectors and the film
fraternity to value its cinematic heritage more effectively,"
said Osian's founder chairman Neville Tuli.
Those
memorabilia artifacts to be auctioned also include rare
posters, costumes, props etc from various yesteryear
films along with private family collection of Shammi
Kapoor and eminent film producer Suresh Jindal.
Also
up for auction would be the turquoise ring set in
silver and worn by actor Farooque Sheikh in Muzaffar
Ali's Umrao Jaan, the cricket bat signed by Aamir
Khan and the team from Lagaan, posters of Satyajit
Ray's Uttam Kumar-starrer Nayak, The Great Gambler
as well as black and white images from Dev Anand's
album.
Special
highlights of the auction include a focus on late
Bollywood legend Shammi Kapoor. His famous scarf from
Junglee, the sweater from Andaz, the shehnai from
his last film appearance in Muzzafar Ali's Rockstar
and one of his favourite personal Mont Blanc fountain
pens.
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