Vyjayantimala - charcoal pencil sketch

Here is my charcoal pencil sketch of veteran actress/dancer Vyjayantimala. Drawn from a reference picture in her late years,

Happy to note that Vyjayantimala has been chosen to receive Padma Vibhushan.

Nilmani Phookan Jr. - Jnanpith awardee - charcoal pencil sketch

My charcoal pencil sketch as a part of my drawing eminent personalities.

Nilmani Phookan Jr was born on 10 September 1933 in Dergaon, Assam. He started his professional writing career in the 1950s and took Assamese poetry to new heights. Inspired by nature, history, the lives of ordinary people and varied emotions such as pain and longing, Phookan’s poetry has forged a connect with the people of the state.

Awards and recognition :

• In December 2021, the prolific poet and writer Nilmani Phookan received the prestigious Jnanpith Award  for his lifetime contribution in literature.
• In 1997, Phookan was awarded the Assam Valley Literary Award. 
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• He was awarded the Padma Shri arded the 1981 Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese for his poetry collection, Kavita (Kobita)^[14]by Government of India in 1990.

 

Pratibha Rai - Jnanpith awardee - charcoal pencil sketch

My charcoal pencil sketch of Pratibha Ray. Here is a brief description of this great lady from Odissa.

Pratibha Ray (born 21 January 1944) is an Indian academic and writer of Odia-language novels and stories. For her contribution to the Indian literature, Ray received the Jnanpith Award in 2011. She was awarded the Padmba Bhushan  in 2022.

(source courtesy : Wikipedia)
 

Ashapurna Devi - Novelist and Poet - charcoal pencil sketch

My charcoal pencil sketch of Ashapurna Devi. Here is a brief introduction about this great lady.
 

Tributes to Ashapurna Devi, a prominent Bengali novelist and poet, whose works were marked by her fervent beliefs in equality and justice for women.

Through her writings, she became the voice of millions of Indian women.

In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Shri by the Government of India, D.Litt. by the Universities of Jabalpur, Rabindra Bharati, Burdwan and Jadavpur. 

(information courtesy : Wikipedia and other newsitems.)

Guljar - charcoal pencil sketch

 

My charcoal pencil sketch of Guljar

A brief description of Guljar, courtesy : Wikipedia

Born : Sampoorna Singh Kaira, 

Born : 18th August1934

Occupation : Lyricist, Poet, Author, Screenwriter, Film Director, Film Producer

Awards : Sahitya Akademi award, Padma Bhushan, Academy Award, Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Jnanpith Award

Chaudhary Charan Sibngh - charcoal pencil sketch

My charcoal pencil sketch of Chaudhary Charan Singh, champion of peasants.

Chaudhary Charan Singh was an Indian politician and a freedom fighter. He served as the 5th prime minister of India and 5th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Charan Singh followed Mahatma Gandhi in non-violent struggle for independence from the British Government, and was imprisoned several times.

He was recently conferred Bharatratna, highest civilian award of India.

R. C. Boral - charcoal pencil sketch

 R. C. Boral - charcoal pencil sketch 

Rai Chand Boral (19 October 1903 – 25 November 1981) was an Indian composer, considered by music connoisseurs to be the Bhishma Pitamah, the father of film music in India.