An Indian couple in a black-and-white studio glamour portrait in the manner of 1940s cinema

Silver Screen

Name: Silver Screen Portrait
Brand: Yugal
SKU: YUG-2030-SILVER-SCREEN
Price: 3499.00 INR
Availability: InStock

Classic cinema · 1930s–1950s

Lit like the stars of the black-and-white era.

₹3,499

20 × 30 in canvas, wrapped on a wooden stretcher · AI-assisted, checked by hand

Create your portrait

Before you pay: see your portrait free, in up to three styles
After you order: approve it, or ask for up to 2 revisions, before we print
Free delivery across India, usually within two weeks of your approval

Made to order, so it can't be returned except for damage or a print defect. Prepaid only. Questions

“Somebody Loves Me” by George Gershwin · Paul Whiteman Orchestra (1924) · Public domain

The studio

The portrait, in Silver Screen

01Photographs
02Confirm it's you
03Preview

Add a photograph of the couple

JPEG, PNG or WebP. Faces clearly visible, soft light, no sunglasses.

I have permission to use these photographs, and I agree that Yugal may use them only to create the portrait. They are deleted within 30 days if I don't order, or 7 days after delivery if I do. Privacy policy

Photos that work best

Both faces clear and well lit, looking at the camera or slightly to the side
A recent photo, as close as a passport photo or a little wider
Two separate photos also work: one of each person

Sunglasses, heavy filters or very dark rooms
Group photos or faces that are tiny in the frame

What happens next

Confirm it's you with a one-time code
In a minute or two, see your portrait, free, in up to three styles
Order the one you love; you can still ask for 2 revisions before we print

The photographs

Used only to make the portrait. Deleted within 30 days if you don't order, or 7 days after delivery if you do.

The canvas

Silver Screen, on your wall

Your portrait is printed on canvas and wrapped around a wooden stretcher, the picture continuing over its edges. No ornate frame, nothing to assemble: it arrives ready to hang.

20 × 30 inches, shown in proportion above a sideboard.

A Silver Screen couple portrait as a 20 × 30 inch canvas, hanging above a teak sideboard in a sunlit living room — 20 × 30 inches, shown in proportion above a sideboard.

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The surface

A print on canvas, not oil paint: the texture of the canvas shows through the faces and the folds of fabric.

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The edge

Gallery-wrapped: the picture carries on around the sides of the stretcher, so it needs no frame.

The back of a gallery-wrapped canvas: wooden stretcher bars with the canvas folded and stapled at the corner — 03

The back

Stretched over a wooden frame and finished neatly at the corners. It arrives ready to hang.

Size: 20 × 30 in51 × 76 cm, portrait
Made as: Canvas on a wooden stretcherGallery-wrapped, no frame needed
Edges: The picture wraps aroundFinished on every side
Arrives: Ready to hangFree delivery across India

The story

Silver Screen Classic cinema · 1930s–1950s

In the golden age of cinema, studio photographers lit their stars with a single light and let the shadows do the rest. The portraits still look like nothing else.

This is a photographic look, not a painting: the two of you, in black and white, as a film-studio portrait.

About this look

Where the look comes from

This look has no single painter or museum behind it. Here is how to recognise it, where it comes from and how we make yours.

Learning to see it

How to recognise it

Black and white; one strong light with a soft edge; deep shadows and silvery highlights; fine film grain; a slight glow; drapery or the shadow of window blinds behind. Polished, composed and a little dramatic.

Its time and place

Film studios of the 1930s to the 1950s, when a portrait gallery in every studio turned actors into stars with light alone. Indian cinema's black-and-white era used the same language.

How we make yours

This one is a photograph in manner, not a painting. We compose the two of you as a studio portrait in this light, your faces kept true. It is a new image, made with AI and checked by a person, and printed on the same canvas as our painted styles.

Your portrait is an original image of the two of you. It does not copy any existing film, poster, character, photograph or studio.

Our promise

Made with care, shown honestly

Preview first
Nothing is printed until you have seen and approved the portrait.
Human checked
A person reviews every portrait for likeness and quality before printing.
Honest about AI
AI-assisted and human checked. A new work inspired by the tradition, not a hand painting.
The photographs stay private
Used only to make the portrait. Deleted within 30 days if you don't order, or 7 days after delivery if you do.

The archive