Hitech Shiva, ABN Style!

Art curator Ashish Balram Nagpal celebrated the new look of the Lord Shiva through the eyes of the artist Rajat Kaanthi Dharr at Tetsuma, Colaba on Sept 1.Rajat had earlier depicted the teenage Krishna with a rustic look with dark skin, a muscular body and without jewellery. This time he depicted Shiva with modern gadgets and powers.When asked about Rajat and his work Ashish Balram Nagpal says- "God dwells within me, like he dwells in all of us! This is how I see him. It is Rajat's interpretation that makes his works interesting."Manoj Bajpayee who has followed Rajat's works of art keenly said "I like the artist's justifications of the theme."Besides Manoj Bajpayee,Kim Sharma, Aamir Ali, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Mohsin Akhtar, Deepak Sandhu that is Nakul of Mahabharat, Harshwardhan Rane of Left Right Left, model Karan Thakkar, director Saurabh Sengupta, Atul Kasbekar, painters Ganga Kadakia, Sanjeev Khandekar, Kadambari, Vipul and Savia, socialites Dolly Thakore, Meenakshi, Hriday Nagpal, Mukteshwari, Madhusudan, Niranjan, art collector Mittal, Razvin Namdarian of bCA gallery and a whole horde of art. Film and television fraternity shared Ashish Balram Nagpal's celebration at Tetsuma, Colaba on 01Sep 2008.
by INDIA BUREAU, Mumbai