కేరాఫ్ కంచరపాలెం - ఒక గొప్ప "అనుభూతి"...

Watercolors on Paper

సినిమా అంటే ఇలానే ఉండాలి అన్న రూలేం లేదు. కానీ సినిమా ఇలా కూడా ఉంటుందా, ఇలా కూడా తియ్యొచ్చా అని ఆలోచింపజేసే సినిమా "కేరాఫ్ కంచరపాలెం".

"అనుభూతి" అన్న పదం తెలుగు సినిమా మర్చిపోయి చాలా కాలమే అయ్యింది. ఈమధ్య అడపా దడపా కొన్ని సినిమాలు వచ్చినా, అవీన్నీ పెద్ద పెద్ద నటులతోనో, పెద్ద పెద్ద డైరెక్టర్లతోనో ఇంకేవేవో కమర్షియల్ హంగులు దిద్దుకునే వచ్చాయి. కానీ "కేరాఫ్ కంచరపాలెం" మాత్రం ఇవేవీ ఇసుమంతైనా లేని, సినిమా ఫార్ములా ని తిరగరాసే సినిమాగా తెలుగులో నిలిచిపోయే "గొప్ప" సినిమా.

ఇలాంటి సినిమాలు తెలుగులో రాలేదని చెప్పలేం, వచ్చాయి, ఒకప్పుడు వస్తూ ఉండేవి, నిన్నమొన్నటి తరం డైరెక్టర్లు ఎందరో గొప్ప అనుభూతిని మిగిల్చే సినిమాలు తీశారు. కానీ ఈ సినిమా మాత్రం అన్నిటికన్నా ప్రత్యేకం. తీసుకున్న కధనం, దాన్ని తెరపైకెక్కించిన వైనం, నటీ నటులు, టెక్నీషియన్స్ ఇలా అన్నీ నిజంగానే అద్భుతం. అంతకు మించి 150 నిమిషాలపాటు ఒక ఊరిలో అన్ని పాత్రలచుట్టూ మనల్నీ పరిభ్రమింపజేస్తూ, ఆ పాత్రలతో ఆ ఊరిలో మనమూ ఒకరమైపోయేంతగా మనల్ని కట్టిపడేసి మామూలుగా మొదలై, మెల్లి మెల్లిగా ఎన్నో భావోద్వేగాలకి గురిచేస్తూ చివరికి ఒక గొప్ప అనుభూతితో మనల్ని బయటికి తీసుకురావటం ఈ సినిమా గొప్పతనం. వచ్చాకా కొన్ని రోజులవరకైనా అందులోని పాత్రలు మనల్నీ మన ఆలోచనల్నీ తమ చుట్టూనే తిప్పుకోవటం మరీ అద్భుతం.

"ఏయ్ సుందరం, నీ చొక్కా చాలా బావుంది, రాణీ రంగు నాకు చాలా ఇష్టం" లాంటి మాటలతో ఇద్దరి చిన్నపిల్లల మధ్య ప్రేమ నుంచీ, టీనేజి, మధ్య వయసూ, యాభై దగ్గరలో ప్రేమలలోని వ్యత్యాసాలనూ ఒక ఊరిలో జరిగిన నాలుగు జంటలమధ్య చూపిస్తూ మనల్ని కాసేపు ఒక్కో జంట వెంబడి నడిపిస్తూ వారితో ఆ ఊరిలోకి తీసుకెళ్ళి మనమూ వారందరితోనే ఉంటూ వారి భావోద్వేగాలు పంచుకుంటూ ఎన్నెన్నో అనుభూతులకి గురిచేస్తూ, రెండున్నర గంటల్లోనే ఒక జీవితాన్ని పూర్తిగా చూసిన అనుభూతినివ్వగలగటం ఈ సినిమా ప్రత్యేకత. ఎందరో చెప్పినట్టుగానే రెండు సార్లు చూసి, రెండు రాకాల అనుభూతుల్ని పొందటం ఈ సినిమా మరో ప్రత్యేకత. మన చుట్టూ ఉన్న మనుషులనే, మనం రోజూ చూసే లాంటి పరిసరాలనే ఈ సినిమాలో తెరపై చూస్తూ అందంగా, ఆనందంగా ఫీల్ అయ్యాక, ఒక సారి ఆలోచిస్తే మనం నిజంగానే సహజత్వాన్ని మరిచి జీవిస్తున్నామా అన్న ఆలోచనా ఈ సినిమాతో కలగక మానదు. చెప్పకనే ఎన్నో మానవ విలువల్నీ ఇందులో ఎంతో సహజంగానూ, మరెంతో గొప్పగానూ చెప్తూ చూపెట్టారు.

ఈ సినిమాకి పనిచేసిన ప్రతి ఒక్కరూ అభినందనీయులే, ప్రతి క్యారెక్టరూ ప్రశంశించదగ్గదే. డైరెక్టర్ ఆలోచనా ప్రతిభనీ, ముందుకొచ్చిన నిర్మాతనీ కొనియాడక తప్పదు. డైరెక్టర్ ఆలోచన్లని యధాతదంగా స్వేచ్ఛగా తీయనిస్తే ఇలాంటి సినిమాలు తప్పక వస్తాయి. సినిమా అనే గొప్ప కళని కొద్దిమంది కట్టడి చేస్తూ దాని దారీ తెన్నూ మార్చేసి, సినిమా గొప్పతనాన్ని కోట్లల్లో కొలిచే ఈ రోజుల్లో ఇలాంటి సినిమా వచ్చి అందరి కళ్ళూ తెరిపించటం శుభపరిణామం. కానీ ఈ పరిణామం ఎంతవరకూ నిలుస్తుందీ అన్నది వేచి చూడాలి. నిస్సంకోచంగా ఇది డైరెక్టర్ సినిమా. కానీ ఆ డైరెక్టర్ ని ఇప్పుడే కోట్ల కొద్దీ ఆఫర్లిచ్చి క్యూలు కట్టి వేలిచూపుతో సుమోలూ, రైళ్ళూ, విమానాలూ, ర్యాకెట్లూ తిప్పే హీరోల్ని పెట్టి వారికున్న ట్యాలెంట్ ని మట్టిపాలు చేయరని ఆశిద్దాం.

సినిమా చివర్లో టైటిల్స్ తోబాటు వచ్చే, ఈ సినిమా లోని క్యారెక్టర్లనే ఓ ఆర్టిస్ట్ గీసిన బొమ్మలు కూడా అద్భుతం. కళని కళ్ళతోనే కాక మనసుతోనూ చూడగలిగే కళాస్ఫూర్తి ఉంటే నిస్సంకోచంగా "కేరాఫ్ కంచరపాలెం" ఒక అద్భుతమైన కళా చిత్రం!

Details
Title: C/O Kancherapalem
Mediums: Ink and Watercolors on Paper
Inspiration: A great Telugu Movie, Passion for Arts...

Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

Don't just make it, make it Great!

Dancing with Krishna - Oil on Canvas

Though I started this painting an year ago, I spent many hours during past few weeks to take it this far and took a pause, signed and dated. This is the first Painting that when it was still wet in paint, went on display in public, a day after I signed, and before I even posted it on my blog & social networks. Last week, it was displayed at an India classical dance event Shringara Triveni in Littleton, MA, USA which was based on the theme- Love for Krishna. This painting was so appropriate at that event which also had an Art exhibition going on by Kalakruti and students of an Art school. I had put a price-tag of "make your own offer". When people showed interest to buy, it was hard pricing my sincere efforts on this Painting. The enthusiasm this painting created at the show among viewers for Art and Dance was itself priceless for me. Few people asked for the price and many people stopped by staring at it for minutes and talking with me to know many details. One common question that I get these days at shows like this is - Do you teach Painting?. My answer so far has always been: No, I am still a learner. Who knows, what is there awaiting for me in future ;)

Indian Classical Dance has been one of few themes I chose and did a series of Paintings already. My second finished Oil Painting of Dancing Krishna (alone in the universe), created a new theme, Krishna for me for a series. This Painting fits in both the themes: Indian Classical Dance and Krishna. It was only a co-incidence that Krishna continues to dance in this series, but this time, the Love for Krishna joined and seen dancing along with his inseparable Flute and Peacock Feather. It has 4 dancers in it. Also, every painting has an unseen person in it, the Artist him-self/her-self.

Though I signed and dated it already, in coming weeks I will be giving it minor finishing touches before it goes on into a frame and finds a place to live. This is yet another Painting that makes me feel great and inspires me every single time I take a look at it. Of course, it did not happen just like that. It has many many hours of sincere efforts and dedication went into it.

"A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty" - Nadia Boulanger

Happy Painting!

Details
Title:  Dancing with Krishna
Mediums: Oil on Canvas
Inspiration: Passion for Arts...

Size: 36" x 24" (91.5 cm x 60 cm)

Surface: Stretched Canvas board

Raj Kapoor and Nargis...

Raj Kapoor and Nargis - Watercolors on Paper

Dedicated to Javed Akthar Ji for his wonderful lyrics from the movie Silsila.

मैं और मेरी तन्हाई, अक्सर ये बातें करते हैं

तुम होती तो कैसा होता, तुम ये कहती, तुम वो कहती

तुम इस बात पे हैरां होती, तुम उस बात पे कितनी हँसती

तुम होती तो ऐसा होता, तुम होती तो वैसा होता

मैं और मेरी तन्हाई, अक्सर ये बातें करते हैं...

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." - Plato

Happy Painting!

Details
Title:  Portrait of Love
Mediums: Ink and Watercolors on Paper
Inspiration: Raj Kapoor, Passion for Arts...

Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

నటరత్న...

నటరత్న - Ink and Watercolors on Paper

"ఆత్మ కీ గౌరవం ఉంటుందనీ...ఉండాలనీ

అది మన తెలుగు వాడికొకింత ఎక్కువేననీ

తెలుగుజాతి ఉనికి దశదిశలా చాటి చెప్పిన

అన్నగారి జన్మదినం..తెలుగువారి సంబరం"

- గిరిధర్ పొట్టేపాళెం

A tribute to my childhood Telugu Hero, Sri N.T. Rama Rao Garu on his birthday that the whole Telugu people proudly remember.

Admire good people with no boundaries!
Happy Painting!

"All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire." - Christian Dior

Details
Title:  నటరత్న......
Mediums: Ink and Watercolors on Paper
Inspiration: Childhood Hero, Passion for Arts...

Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

నీవు లేక వీణా..పలుకలేనన్నదీ...

నీవు లేక వీణా..పలుకలేనన్నదీ...Ink and Watercolors on Paper

Never quit from doing anything close to your heart. If you quit, you are not quitting from what you are doing, nut you are quitting from your heart!

This is a sketch turned into a mini-painting, all imagination...inspired by Telugu Song from the movie Doctor Chakravarty.

"It's always too early to quit." - Normal Vincent Peale

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Title:  నీవు లేక వీణా..పలుకలేనన్నదీ......
Mediums: Ink and Watercolors on Paper
Inspiration: Song from Telugu Movie , Doctor Chakravarty Passion for Arts...

Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

సుక్కల సీర కట్టుకున్న ఎన్నెల లాగ...

సుక్కల సీర కట్టుకున్న ఎన్నెల లాగ...Ink and Watercolors on Paper

As time moves forward minutes to hours, hours to days, days to weeks to months to years...changes happen in life. Places around us change, people in our life change, our priorities change, interests change...and the list goes on. One thing that doesn't change with time is Passion. If it changes it is not Passion.

Once again, this sketch is based on a still from the Telugu movie Rangasthalam. and is the fifth one in this series. I did four earlier from this great Telugu movie which inspired me so much.

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Title:  సుక్కల సీర కట్టుకున్న ఎన్నెల లాగ...
Mediums: Ink and Watercolors on Paper
Inspiration: The Telugu Movie: Rangasthalam, Passion for Arts...

Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

ఎంత సక్క గున్నావే...

ఎంత సక్క గున్నావే...Ink and Watercolors on Paper

As I finish it today, I recall, the actual pencil sketch I did was a month ago, on Apr 13, 2018 when I landed in Chennai International Airport where I had 2 hours of waiting time to meet my sister Indira who was also coming from U.S. on the same day. Though it was a hectic two-week trip, I am glad I carried my sketch book along with me. Except that time in the AirPort I never got any time to open my sketch book.

Once again, this sketch is based on a still from the Telugu movie Rangasthalam. I did three more earlier from the great movie of this time of that age.

Any achievement involves great efforts and requires time as well. I am happy to spend time constantly on my passion as time goes on. I am hoping, a day will come in my life where my passion makes me feel not just happy, but also great...

"All great achievements require time." - Maya Angelo

Details
Title:  ఎంత సక్క గున్నావే...
Mediums: Watercolors on Paper
Inspiration: The Telugu Movie: Rangasthalam, Passion for Arts...

Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

మహానటి...

"మహా నటి" సావిత్రి

"మహా నటి" అన్న తెలుగు పదానికర్ధం
"సావిత్రి" అనే అందమైన అభినయం.

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Title: "మహా నటి" సావిత్రి
Mediums: Pencil on Paper
Inspiration: Her True Story Book "మహా నటి" సావిత్రి వెండితెర సామ్రాగ్ని ...

Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (21.5 cm x 28 cm)

Surface: Sketchbook, Acid Free Paper

Indian Village Woman...

Indian Village Woman - Inspired by the movie Rangasthalam
Ink and Watercolors on Paper

Inspired by the wonderfully narrated Telugu Movie, Rangasthalam in which the director beautifully narrated Indian Village on the silver screen, this is a sketch of a Telugu Village Woman in Ink and Watercolor.

Get inspired by any thing around you. Keep Painting!

Details
Title: Indian Village Woman
Mediums: Watercolors on Paper
Inspiration: The Telugu Movie: Rangasthalam, Passion for Arts...

Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

Create Interest...

Ink and Watercolors on Paper

Passion is something that you never lose interest for. Always create interest and profoundly be interested in it. Never lose, never give up your interests and passions in life!

Keep Painting and Create interest for yourself!
Happy Painting!!

"The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well."

- Horace Walpole

Details
Title: Rangasthalam
Mediums: Watercolors on Paper
Inspiration: Passion for Arts...

Size: 8.5" x 11" (21.5 cm x 27.9 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft Sketchbook, 75 lb/110 gm2 Acid-free Paper

Use the talents...

Indian Classical Dance - Hands Mudra

The most striking feature of Indian Classic Dance is the use of Mudras, meaning gestures shown by the head, hands, and legs. These gestures are mixed with dance in order to express the meaning and expressions of the background music and song lyrics.

Anybody can learn fine-arts. But one who possesses natural talent stands out. This natural talent can easily be found in Indian Classical Dance. Possessing talent is only one thing. Practicing and using the talent is more important than possessing it. Talent not used is no better than not having a talent!

It's been one of my dreams to paint several such selected Mudras in my Paintings. Though I tried one few years ago, I never finished it. I am quite happy to start this series with this very first one in this series.

"Use what talents you possess, the woods would be a very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - Henry Van Dyke, poet (10 Nov, 1852-1933)

Happy Painting!

Details
Title: Indian Classical Dance - Hands Mudra
Mediums: Watercolors on Paper
Reference: Random Picture from my collection
Inspiration: Passion for Arts...

Size: 12" x 18" (30.5 cm x 46 cm)

Surface: Arches 140lb, Cold Press

Sing through Painting...

Aalaapana - Watercolors on Paper

A hobby is en-joy-able when you sing your soul through it. After a longtime, thoroughly enjoyed doing this Portrait of Bhanupriya.

"Let your soul sing through your works." - Giridhar Pottepalem

Happy Painting!

Details
Title: Aalaapana...
Mediums: Watercolors on Paper
Reference: Bhanupriya from Aalaapana
Inspiration: Passion for Arts...

Size: 9" x 12" (22.9 cm x 30.5 cm)

Surface: Strathmore 400 Series, 140lb Watercolor Paper, Cold Press

Keep the tradition going...

Lord Ganesh with Goddess Saraswati re-presented
- Handmade with Clay

Keeping the tradition of Making Lord Ganesha going on for 8th year in a row, I made this Ganesha for this year's upcoming Vinayaka Chavithi. This year, it's Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of Music re-presented in this handmade Clay Sculpture. Lord Ganesha is seen playing the musical instrument Veena that typically Goddess Saraswati is seen with representing Creative Arts. His Mooshika (Mouse) vaahanam (vehicle) is seen joining him playing Tabla, a pair of drums.

This is made with fine Natural Clay and all by hands from my own imagination. Started first in the year 2010, I keep this tradition going at home.

The result of Consistency is nothing but Trust. Be consistent in anything that you believe in and build your own trust, not for others, but for your-self.

"As tradition is a gift of the Spirit, its trajectory moves in the right direction, although it has not arrived at its destination." - BRIAN D. MCLAREN, A Generous Orthodoxy

Details
Title: Lord Ganesha with Veena
Category: Clay Sculpture
Mediums: Handmade with fine Natural Clay
Size: 9 Pounds (~4 Kg)
Inspiration: Adopted Tradition, Passion for Arts...

A Roomful of Inspiration and Peace...

A Roomful of Inspiration and Peace

It's been a dream for me to see all my Paintings put together at one place like in an Art Gallery. Not any more, the dream has been made true by my sister Indira Meka(Indu) who recently visited us on a two-week vacation. She took an initiative, designed & created My Signature Place and made a wonderful Signature Gift of her own for me.

She is one special person to have in my life who has been so caring of me and my Arts, since my childhood. It took two days for both of us to turn my cluttered-office-room at my home into a roomful-of-inspiration. Now when I walk into the room, I walk into a New source of Inspiration & Peace.

It also has two very special best-creative-corners, Peace Corner and Pedababu's Corner (as Indu named and was referring it) which is nothing but My Dad's Corner. The Peace Corner has a beautiful and peaceful Yoga Girl- an elegant Art Piece which is a gift for me from Indu. My Dad's Corner has two of my Dad's three original Indian Ink Art Works along with his Portrait that I did.

Now I have my own Art around me inspiring me all-the-time. When I step inside, I no longer step into a room, but I step into my own world-of-inspiration, my own world-of-creation, my own world-of-memories, my own world-of-feelings, my own world-of-art.and my own word-of-heart.

I know Thank you is only a small word for such a thoughtful creation from me.
A heart felt "Thank You Indu" from my (he)Art.

Inspired form this, I create my own quotation and dedicate it to Indu.

"Art has special corners in the heart, creativity has no corners!" - Giridhar Pottepalem

Peace corner

My Dad's Corner

Nrityanjali

Art & Peace go together

Details
Title: A Roomful of Inspiration and Peace
Designer & Creator: Indira Meka
Tools: Two Creative minds
Surface: My Home

Soul to hand & Hand to soul...

Lord Ganesha - Watercolors on Paper

Art is a finest form of skill that comes from soul to hand.

The Hindu God- Lord Ganesha is a common subject among Indian Artists. Though I started an Oil Painting of Lord Ganesh, I never finished it. This is a very first sketch & painting of Lord Ganesha. Hoping to do few Oil Paintings of Lord Ganesha in future.

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts" - Marcus Aurelius

Find peace & see your soul in Arts. Happy Painting!

Details
Title: Lord Ganesha
Mediums: Ink Pen & Watercolors on Paper
Tools: Micron 02 Ink Pen, Brush and Watercolors
Inspiration: Practice & Passion for Arts...

Size: 9" x 12" (22.9 cm x 30.5 cm)

Surface: Artist's Loft 140 lb / 300 g/m2 Acid Free, Cold Press watercolor paper

Happy Mother's Day...

Self with Mom - Watercolors on Paper

ఎంత మహా ఘనుడైనా

అమ్మ ఒడీ పసివాడే...

Being away from my Mom almost all through my life, what else can be a better way for me to celebrate Mother's day than doing a portrait of "Self with Mom". This is based on a picture taken with my family when I was 1 year old. I just took out my-self and my Mom from it into this painting.

If at all there is anything I owe to anybody in this life, it's to my Mom & my Baamma. They are the two people who sacrificed everything that they could, without both of them I wouldn't be what I am today. Mom's Love is the only love that's pure!

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." - Abraham Lincoln

Happy Mother's Day! Happy Painting!!

Details
Title: Self with Mom
Mediums: Ink Pen and Watercolors on Paper
Tools: Sakura Pigma Micron Pen 01, Watercolors from my Palette
Inspiration: Mother's Day, Self Motivation and Passion for Arts, సాధన...

Size: 9" x 12" (22.9 cm x 30.5 cm)

Surface: Bienfang Watercolor Paper

Unless you fall in Love...

Watercolors on Paper

Hobby is not something that you can do just for the sake of doing it. You need to really fall in Love before you develop a passion for it. Once developed as a hobby, it doesn't go away, only stays with you forever. Anything that stays with you forever is the only one that you truly are in Love with. Hobby is one such thing in life.

Keep doing, keep creating and keep inspiring yourself!
Happy Painting ;)

Details
Mediums: Watercolors

Category: Portrait
Reference: A photograph of Telugu Actress Anushka

Size: 14" x 11" (35 cm x 28 cm)
Surface: Canson Watercolor Paper, 140 lb Cold Press

Fun doing portraits...

Portrait of Pawan Kalyan - Telugu Movie Artist and a Great Human

I always enjoy doing Portraits and it's fun. It's even more fun doing portraits of celebreties.
This is a sketch of Telugu film actor Pawan Kalyan and a great humanist.

Never give up what you believe in life!
Keep going forward!!

Details

Mediums: Ink Pen on Paper
Category: Random Pictures
Inspiration: Passion for Indian Arts, సాధన...

Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (21.5 cm x 28 cm)

Surface: Acid free Paper

Tribute to one of the great souls of India...

Portrait of Jayalalitha

My tribute to one of the great souls of India.

When touching just one heart in life isn't possible for many souls, people who touch millions of hearts and sadden their day when they leave the world are truly great souls.

I pay my tribute to this great soul of India: Puratchi Thlaivi Jayalalitha.

Details

Mediums: Watercolors
Surface: Canson Artist Series 140LB 300G Coldpress watercolor paper
Title: Portrait of Puratchi Thalaiva Jayalalitha
Inspiration: Respect to a great should on her demise

Size: 11" x 14" (28 cm x 36 cm)

Day-3 of Painting Challenge on Facebook . . .

Day-3 of Painting Challenge on Facebook

Another #painting based on an illustration by #Telugu Artist "Uttam Kumar" in Telugu weekly magazine #Andhrabhoomi. This is one of many I did in just #BlackAndWhite.

Most of my paintings that I did during my engineering college days at #VRSECnever went out of my hostel room. But, this is the only painting that got onto the "Literary Club News Board" and was displayed there for a week or so. One of my batch mates and a good friend of mine, Kiran Kakarlamudi made this happen with a caption of the following lines taken from a song:

"నీ నును పైటను తాకిన చాలు
గాలికి గిలిగింత కలుగునులే

నీ కనుచూపే సోకిన చాలు
సూర్యుడు వెన్నెల కాయునులే

నీ పాదాలూ తాకిన చాలు
శిలలైనా విరబూయాలిలే...."

Even as on today, if I happen to listen that Telugu song, this painting comes in and remains in the background.

Details

Mediums: Camel Poster Colors on Paper
Inspiration: A illustration by Uttam Kumar in Andhrabhoomi Telugu magazine

Size: 8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)
Signed and Dated: Nov 26, 1988