Marathi film on Phalke is India’s Oscar entry [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 139, Hits: 1086]
‘Harishchandrachi Factory’, a Marathi film based on the making of the country’s first film, was on Sunday chosen India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language film at the Oscar Awards...
Updated On: 9/22/2009
Tags: Harishchandrachi Factory, Marathi Film, Country First Film, Best Foreign Language Film, Oscar Awards, Directed By Theatre Veteran Paresh Mokashi, Shwaas, Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian Film, Foreign Language Film Oscar, Bosnia, Sushama Shiromanee, Honorary General Secretary Of Film Federation Of India, New York, Delhi 6, Best Art Direction, Pune International Film Festival, Maharashtra State Film Awards, First Feature Film, Indian Cinema, Mumbai-based Theatre Actor-director Paresh Mokashi, Vishwamitra, Paheli, Rang De Basanti, Eklavya, Taare Zameen Par, Mother India, Salaam Bombay, Lagaan
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Tribal Weave of The North-East [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1183, Hits: 9889]
Tribal areas of the North-Bengal, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram ...
Jasleen Dhamija Updated On: 12/11/2008
Tags: Vashnav, Imphal, Morangfi Sarees, shikhara, Goddess Morangfi, Tribal designs for weavings bed-covers, Rihas, Tradition of lion-loom weaving, Bamboo stake, Bobbin, Sword-like wooden piece, Tusungkotepsu shawl, Warrior shawl of Nagaland, Mithuns, Cocks, Human heads, Spears, Daos, Mekhla, Gamcha, South-east of Nagaland, Tribal areas of North-Bengal, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, bamboo stake, polished bamboo sticks, Bihu festival, south-east of Nagaland, Morangfi sarees woven, Goddess Morangfi, breast-cloth worn by women
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Painting the Indian Party [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 478, Hits: 5206]
Artist Marion Colomer’s studio in her home in a quiet, tree lined South Delhi Colony is full chaos..
Updated On: 12/10/2008
Tags: Indian Art, Marion Colomer, Hindi Films, South Delhi Colony, Tiger Pataudi, Mallika Sarabhai, Alyque Padamsee, Feature Indian People, Street Kids, Cinema Painters, Widespread Poverty, Maharaja, Impoverished Picture, Indian Icons, Modern India People, Indian Audience, Indian Art Tradition, Traditional Western, Portraits, Art and Life, Traditional Values, Western Artists, Indian Gallery
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Bandhani, Tie and Dye Technique [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 555, Hits: 13791]
Rajasthan has a number of tie & dye centers famous are the Jodhpur, Jaipur & Sikar. Sikar produces some finest bandhanis & produce a range of patterns, made for different communities in Rajasthan, Haryana & Punjab...
Jasleen Dhamija Updated On: 6/28/2008
Tags: Great archaeologist, Sir Auriel Stien, Central Asia, mastery over dyeing, Geru, Red mud color, Body of the saree, Centers of Saurashtra, Kuch of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Dyeing sections of the saree, Chundari, Fast colors bandhanis, Finest bandhanis in India. Mandvi, Bhuj, Important bandhani producing centers, Khatri community of dyers, Fine quality of work, Gharchola, Famous gharchola of Jamnagar, Marriage ceremony, Bavan bagh, Fifty two gardens, Ras Leela, Depiction of Krishna dancing with Gopis, Ordhnis, Nomadic Rabaris and Bharwads, Sungrdhi sarees
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Terracotta [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 954, Hits: 10724]
In Bihar, Bengal and Gujrat, there are a number of festivals in which women create clay figures to propitiate gods and goddesses. The Shyama Chak festival of Bihar is one of its kind. Even deepavali necessitates the making of clay figures of Goverdhan, almost all over India...
Jasleen Dhamija Updated On: 6/27/2008
Tags: Terracotta Animal Figures, Maoli thread, Kumbhars of India, Sanjhi Figures, Shyama Chak festival of Bihar, Clay figures of Goverdhan, Images of Lakshmi and Ganesh, Indian Potters, Kumbhars, Images of Lakshmi and Ganesh, Worshiped in Hindu households, Bankura district, Molela, Bhil the forest people, Mahishasura Mardini, Durga, Aiynar figures
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Tie and Dye of Threads [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1018, Hits: 10275]
Patan used to export patolas. In Cambodia, Thailand & Indonesia patola played an important part in rituals & ceremonies & became integral part of their lives...
Jasleen Dhamija Updated On: 6/26/2008
Tags: Patan Patola of Gujarat, Extraordinary woven Saree, Ikat, Indonesian word, Tenganan in Bali, Salvi communities, Khambhat, Multan to Java, Nari-kunjar-jhar, Chowkdi bhat, Raas bhat, Vohra gaji bhat, Vohra community, Single ikat sarees, Pochampalli, Andhra Pradesh, Telia-numal, Baddabhasi
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Wood Work in India [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 758, Hits: 10313]
Today wood has become scarce and extremely expensive. Gone are the days when wood was available in plenty. Temples, houses, were built in wood...
Jasleen Dhamija Updated On: 3/24/2007
Tags: Bhuta figures, South Kanara, Tirupathi dolls of red wood, Wood-carvers work on sandalwood, Sankheda furniture, Singardhans, Toilet-boxes, Pirdhis, Low stools, Saharanpur of Uttar Pradesh, Tarkashi, Metal wire inlay, Tradition of Marquetry-work, Sadeli, Leila Shiveshwerkar, Wooden-carved furniture, Indiscriminate cutting of forests, Rajasthan, Namghars, Matsya Purana, Architectural design of homes, Palaces and temples, Simhasana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Youli, Sardul, Gaja, Hamsa, Mysore city, Kumta, Sagar, Surat
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Performance Tradition and Modern Theatre [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 952, Hits: 10091]
It created great rupture from the performance tradition of more than two thousand years which began with the dialogue hymns of the Rigveda and developed with the two great epics - the Ramayana and the Mahabharata...
Suresh Awasthi Updated On: 3/24/2007
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Indian Metal Work [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 569, Hits: 10179]
Indian metal work - Water-vessels, lotas, large serving plates, thals, table-tops, large dowry boxes from Gujarat, & innumerable other forms are made by alternately heating & hammering the metal...
Jasleen Dhamija Updated On: 3/23/2007
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Affordable Art [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1325, Hits: 9080]
Different people buy art for different reasons. Collectors hoard art after a passion, multinationals buy and display works of established artists to assert distinction, some buy to beautify their homes, some for investment and some to merely demonstrate their affordability...
Dr. Veena Shekar Updated On: 3/23/2007
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