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On the Stamp
Prithviraj Kapoor’s face in white on blue, beside a stylised red and yellow theatre mask, under a scalloped curtain with the words “Prithvi Theatre 1945–1995” in Hindi and English, on a ₹2 stamp.
Prithvi Theatre
Prithviraj Kapoor (1906–1972), one of the founding figures of Hindi cinema, set up Prithvi Theatres as a travelling theatre company based in Bombay. Wikipedia dates the company to 1944, while the stamp counts from 1945. He played the leading role in every production. The permanent Prithvi Theatre at Juhu, Mumbai, was opened on 5 November 1978 by his son Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kapoor, in fulfilment of his long-held wish for a home for the company. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.
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