{"id":1263,"date":"2020-03-30T18:34:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/172.105.37.82\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2020-03-30T18:34:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:04:55","slug":"g-venket-ram-recreates-raja-ravi-varmas-paintings-for-his-2020-calendar-photoshoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/art-culture\/g-venket-ram-recreates-raja-ravi-varmas-paintings-for-his-2020-calendar-photoshoot-1263\/","title":{"rendered":"G Venket Ram recreates Raja Ravi Varma\u2019s Paintings For his 2020 Calendar Photoshoot"},"content":{"rendered":"
G. Venkat Ram and his 2020 calendar with eleven actresses and dancers has been making headlines for a while now for having recreated Raja Ravi Varma\u2019s paintings for a charitable trust, NAAM founded by actor-director Suhasini Maniratnam. This was to celebrate, \u201cthe spirit of Indian womanhood\u201d he said. As many as 11 women including Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Shruti Hasan, Khushbu Sundar, Ramya Krishnan, Lissy Lakshmi, Nadia, Lakshmi Manchu, Piryadarshini Govind, Shobana Chandrakumar, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Chamundeshwari collaborated with Venket Ram to finally bring in photographs what Raja Ravi Varma once painted on a canvas. The calendars were limited edition and were launched with the booklets at The Folly, Amythest in Chennai on February 3, 2020. The money received from this was then used to raise funds for single women from the underprivileged section of the society, to empower them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The post production was handled by Disha Shah while Amritha Ram saw to the styling. Prakruthi Ananth did the make up and hair styling while the calendar was designed by Padmaja Venket Ram. The entire unit got together to recreate these masterpieces.<\/span><\/p>\n G.Venket Ram recreated a portrait of Maharani Lakshmi Bayi, the senior rani of Travancore with Chamundeshwari.<\/span><\/p>\n