{"id":11755,"date":"2026-05-02T15:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/revisiting-the-dhurandhar-of-indian-art-events-movie-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:02:04","slug":"revisiting-the-dhurandhar-of-indian-art-events-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/revisiting-the-dhurandhar-of-indian-art-events-movie-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting the Dhurandhar of Indian art | Events Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A glimpse of MV Dhurandhar’s paintings at the book launch at IGNCA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Not enough has been said about artist Rao Bahadur MV Dhurandhar. This belief led researcher and art historian Sandeep Dahisarkar to author a book on the painter. Seeking to correct a historical oversight, Dahisarkar wrote a 370-page volume titled Rao Bahadur MV Dhurandhar: A Painter from the Bombay School of Art, which was recently launched at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.<\/p>\n

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Mahadev Vishwanath Dhurandhar\u2019s watercolour painting, capturing a Pathare Prabhu wedding, titled Scene of Hindu Marriage Ceremony (also known as Brides\u2019 Maids)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dhurandhar appreciated beauty in every person. This book is full of observations, which will make every art lover appreciate his art again<\/p>\n

Sandeep Dahisarkar, author of the book<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Documenting Dhurandhar\u2019s vast body of work, spanning five decades, the book situates him within early 20th-century Indian art. It chronicles how the academic-realist contributed to the nationalist movement while navigating his relationship with the colonial rulers, and explores how he illustrated the city and women.<\/p>\n

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Sandeep Dahisarkar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cDhurandhar, a swadesi artist from the pre-independence era, constantly reminded people who we are and why our traditions, festivals, and clothing are valuable. The book is an attempt to showcase almost all of his work. The way he treats every figure is what interests me most. The success of an artist is to draw viewers in directly, and I think Dhurandhar was able to do this in his lifetime,\u201d the author said. Architect and curator of the evening Seetu Kohli added, \u201cDhurandhar did not illustrate India, he celebrated it. In his paintings \u2013 of women, of festivals, of streetscapes \u2013 you don\u2019t see documentation, you see devotion.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Seetu Kohli, curator of the evening<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dilli ka mausam, Trump ka mood, aashiq ka mizaaj… Iss rang badalti duniya mein, art ka rang toh chahiye hi. Human life has always been unpredictable, even unkind. So, where have we always turned? To art, creativity, beauty<\/p>\n

Seetu Kohli, architect and curator of the evening<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Questioning Dhurandhar’s erasure<\/span> Art historian Alka Pande shared her thoughts, asking the question, \u201cHave we forgotten Dhurandar?\u201d Through her presentation she placed some of his artworks in direct comparisons with his contemporaries Abanindranath Tagore, Amrita Sher-Gil and his teacher Ralph Peacock. Highlighting his artistic significance, she added that Dhurandhar\u2019s works, such as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj\u2019s coronation, Shivaji in Aurangzeb\u2019s court, and scenes like a Pathare Prabhu wedding, demonstrate how he localised academic realism while capturing historical and cultural identity, aligning indirectly with broader currents of emerging nationalistic consciousness. \u201cinfluence can be seen in the continued presence of realistic traditions in Indian art, education, and practice,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Dr Alka Pande and Lakshmi Puri<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vivek Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Culture<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sri Lankan High Commissioner Mahishini Colonne; Sapna Aggarwal and Sandhya Purecha<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Manuel Rabat\u00e9 and Kiran Nadar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Shibani Sethi with Samar Jodha; Devyani Jaipuria<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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