A palace scene from Vauhini's Malleswari (film still, 1956 souvenir)

Black-and-white film still of a marble palace hall with arched windows and a patterned floor; a woman stands by a couch while an older man touches the head of a girl.

Type: Historic photograph
Creator: Indian Talkie, 1931-56: Silver Jubilee Souvenir (Film Federation of India, Bombay, 1956), captioned "Parents and Daughter: Mental Misery in the Midst of Marble Magnificence. Vauhini's Malleswari"
Date: 1956
Licence: Public domain in India
From: Film Federation of India, Indian Talkie, 1931-56: Silver Jubilee Souvenir (opens in a new tab), 1956, p. 114
Original: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
Appears in: Reform, freedom & people's movements, Andhra State & Andhra Pradesh, B. N. Reddi, Vauhini Pictures, Madras, The Madras studio years, 1947–1962