Satyajit Ray - charcoal pencil sketch

Satyajit Ray was an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. Ray is widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

For elaborate details of this legendary film maker, please click the following link, courtesy : wikipedia.

Thank you

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Ray 

Veenai Dhanammal - charcoal pencil sketch

My trial with charcoal pencil of Veenai Ammal. Here is a brief description of the legendary veena artiste.

Veenai Dhanammal - charcoal pencil sketch 

Veenai Dhanammal was a highly accomplished Carnatic musician, and the torchbearer of the school of Carnatic music that goes by her name. She was both a vocalist and performer on the Saraswati veena. The prefix "veenai" in her name is an indicator of her exceptional mastery of that instrument.

Gangubai Hangal, Hindustani classical singer

My charcoal pencil sketc.

Gangubai Hangal (5th march 1913 - 21 July 2009) was an Indian singer of the kahayal genre of Hindustani classical music from Karnataka. She was know for her deep and powerful voice. Hangal belonged to the Kirana gharana. Rest of the details are in the following link, courtesy wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangubai_Hangal

Vinoba Bhave - charcoal pencil sketch

 Vinoba Bhave - Charcoal pencil sketch

Vinayak Narahari also known as Vinoba Bhave (11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982) was an Indian advocate of non-violence and human rights. Often called Acharya (Sanskrit for teacher), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is considered a National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi. He was an eminent philosopher. The Gita has also been translated into Marathi language by him with the name as Geetai(means Mother Geeta in marathi).

(source : Wikipedia)

వృద్ధాప్యం - పెన్సిల్ చిత్రం

 

వృద్ధాప్యాన్ని నెగటివ్ గా తీసుకోకూడదు. 

“వృద్ధాప్యం చాలా విలువైనదని, అది జీవన సారాంశ దశ” 

అంటారు . అలాగే “వృద్ధుడంటే జ్ఞానవృద్ధికి తోడ్పడుతూ మార్గదర్శనం చేసేవాడని”కూడా అంటారు.

ఈ క్రింది లింక్ క్లిక్ చేసి చదవంది. వృద్ధాప్యం పై చక్కటి విశ్లేషణ ఇచ్చారు.

https://magazine.saarangabooks.com/%e0%b0%9c%e0%b1%80%e0%b0%b5%e0%b0%a8%e0%b0%be%e0%b0%a8%e0%b1%81%e0%b0%ad%e0%b0%b5-%e0%b0%95%e0%b0%b5%e0%b0%bf%e0%b0%a4%e0%b0%be%e0%b0%b8%e0%b0%be%e0%b0%b0%e0%b0%82-%e0%b0%b5%e0%b1%83%e0%b0%a6/

Pt. Birju Maharaj - Kathak Dancer - Pencil sketch

Pt. Birju Maharaj, My Pencil sketch

Pandit Birju Maharaj (born Brijmohan Nath Mishra; 4 February 1937 – 17 January 2022) was an Indian dancer, composer, singer and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance in India. He was a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, which includes his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, and his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj. He also practised Hindustani classical music and was a vocalist.^[1] After working along with his uncle, Shambhu Maharaj at Bhartiya Kala Kendra, later the Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, he remained head of the latter, for several years, till his retirement in 1998 when he opened his own dance school, Kalashram, also in Delhi.^[2]

Birju Maharaj was a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honor, in 1986.

(courtesy : Wikipedia)

“Maharaj ji could play a woman better than a woman, without being effeminate. As Krishna, he was delicate yet manly,” says Kathak exponent and Birju’s student Shovana Narayan about his exceptional ability to present shringar ras (representation of romance and eroticism in the arts). It was not just a bequest of tradition and lineage but also a work of his formidable mind that took from tradition and transformed it. (courtesy : Indian Express)

 

Sudha Malhotra - Singer - charcoal pencil sketch

My charcoal pencil sketch of the legendary singer Sudha Malhotra

My respects and regards to Sudha Malhotra ji, yesteryear playback singer. (my charcoal pencil sketch).

Who can forget her excellent songs 'Tum mujhe bhool bhi jao: with Mukesh.. (Film 'Didi'), 'Kasthi ka khamosh safar hai' with Kishore Kumar (Film 'Girl Friend'), Salam-E-,Hasrat qubool karlo, Na main dhan, and qawali 'Na to karavan ki talash hai' in Barasat ki Raat, bhajans 'Na main dhan chahoon' with Geeta Dutt, Darsan do ghan shyam with Manna De and Hemant Kumar etc.

Apart from singing she also acted in some Bollywood films.

As a playback singer,. She sang popular songs for Bollywood movies in the 1950s and 1960s, like Arzoo, Dhool Ka Phool, Ab Dilli Door Nahin, Girl Friend, Barsat Ki Raat, Didi, Kala Pani, Prem Rog and Dekh Kabira Roya. She was last heard in Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog (1982) in the song "Yeh Pyar tha ya kuch aur tha". Apart from Hindi songs, Sudha sang many popular Marathi songs (Bhavgeet) with Arun Date.