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Mythology: As Represented In Indian Paintings

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Ritika Soun 0 Comments ancient tales, Art, art history, artists, artwork, Belief, colors, composition, contemporary, creativity, decoration, History, imagery, imagination, immortal, Indian art, Indian Mythology, Indian paintings, Indian Traditions, inspiration, logic, Mahabharata, modernism, motif, Mythology, narration, naturalistic, Oral tradition, outlook, painters, painting, past, past traditions, primitive, Puranas, Puranic, Ramayana, Religion, resonance, science, Spirituality, stories, symbolism, Tradition, traditionalism, Upanishads, uplift, Utopia

We all grew up reading mythological stories either from comic books, or we listened to our grandparents narrate it to us – almost as if they were a part of it. These stories would paint too many pictures inside our heads back then, but out there in the real world, they have been represented by many talented artists. Can we correlate?

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Beyond Glamour: hassles of a film producer

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Arushi Kapoor 0 Comments 3rd National Film Awards, Academy Award winner, artists, Bahubali, Best Bengali Feature Film, Best Feature Film, budget, Cinema, creativity, determination, director, Entertainment, expense, feature films, filmmaker, films, glamour, graphic artist, industry, lyricist, modern, music composer, Oscar, Pather Panchali, producer, production, Satyajit Ray, screenwriter, special effects, VFX

The film industry entails a lot of struggle along with its glamour. There is a lot of emotional, physical and monetary capital which goes into film making. Unlike today, there were times without VFX. What drove the director and the team to the culmination of films? How did they manage? Well, an Academy Award Winner has his narrative to share.