India’s tallest contemporary artist, M.F.Husain was an unmatched forerunner of public art, A Peoples Artist with zeal and commitment... with lust for life till the very end. He never wore a wrist watch but his timing was always perfect. He knew exactly where to be and when. Mere Dil ki Dharkan, Meri Kahani, Apni Zubani, Murano glass horses from Venice, fleet of raceing cars, a beautiful muse, here, there, everywhere is a testimony of this proud Indian Artist who gave a new visual meaning to Ramayana and Mahabharta.
Think long, think hard,think again dear friends and foes. No body can,ever,take away the genious oof the Maestro Maqbool Fida Husain who carried the TIRANGA of Indian Contemporary Art,single handedly all over the globe. A one man Institution with perfect history,geography and chemistery.
Long live India..Long live Husain Saheb.
Husain saheb is well known for his first experimental film, Thru the Eyes of a Painter which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in i967. I had the privilege of seeing his four other short films aswell,where he handled the camera himself.
In Of Gods and Men, Painters Sketchbook, Mudra and Folk Dance, Husain eliminated the spoken word... only sound,the language of feeling establishing the repport with the viewers telling the unwritten story with his long fingers sketching with rural rhythms along with jazz music proveing the universality of soun
Vande Mataram
You have mentioned MF Husain's film 'Mudra and Folk Dance'. Can you recollect where you saw the film and when? I have been looking for a copy of the film, hence this question... Your blogposts are interesting. Thanks.
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Purnima Joshi