Tamil Nadu’s Kovilpatti, home to India’s traditional calendar art revolution

Tamil Nadu’s Kovilpatti, home to India’s traditional calendar art revolution

Vyjayanthimala clad in an incandescent green saree teases a glance as a fish bowl and its silvery-gold inhabitants in the background stand witness. This canvas is signed: M Ramalingam.  An archetype of 1980s Tamil cinema and its dramatic allure, this frame frozen in paint, speaks volumes: of a glorious time of hand-drawn skills that later […]

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