Salute to cinema

Film posters tell their own stories, even of the evolution of the popular medium. A recent exhibition, ‘Salaam Cinema’ held at ICCR, Kolkata, and put up by Sounak Chacraverti, art curator and cinema aficionado, gave a glimpse of cinema history of Bengali and Hindi films through the lens of posters, found Ranjita Biswas

Excerpts from an interview:

What is the idea behind ‘Salaam Cinema’?

‘Salaam Cinema’ is an exhibition of rare film stills, posters and film merchandise built around them. I must say the two exhibitions I have curated and presented have elicited tremendous interest from film enthusiasts.

After how many years have you held the recent exhibition?

The recent exhibition – ‘Salaam Cinema 2.0’ at ICCR was the second one; this was held after a decade. Two organisations – Art In