Person
Harinarayan Rajeev
An Indian animator whose work on recent Spider-Man and Transformers films won wide praise, an example of Indian talent behind major international animation productions.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Mann Ki Baat · 27 October 2024
Episode 115
Episode 115 highlighted an Indian animator working on Hollywood films and four people keeping folk arts alive: calligraphy in Anantnag, Dogra stories on the sarangi in Udhampur, Cheriyal scroll painting in Telangana and Abujhmadia art in Chhattisgarh.
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Person · Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
Firdousa Bashir
A calligrapher from Anantnag who uses her art to bring out different sides of local Kashmiri culture, drawing in local people and especially the young.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir
Gorinath
A musician in Udhampur who plays a sarangi more than a hundred years old and, to its tunes, tells old stories and historical episodes of Dogra culture to keep that heritage alive.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Telangana
D. Vaikuntham
An artist who has spent about 50 years popularising Cheriyal painting from Telangana, a folk art of long painted scrolls that tell stories from history and mythology.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh
Butluram Mathra
A folk artist from Narayanpur who has worked for four decades to preserve the art of the Abujhmadia tribe, and has used it to carry social messages to people.
As described in Mann Ki Baat