Krishna Curam
Re: Chandamama artists
26 Jan 1996 18:01:10 GMT Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, CA
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Chandamam artists
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Pa'lana wrote ...
> ---pa'lana
>
> Tata Prasad talked about vapa' (vaDDa'di pa'payya). For a long
> time people did not know who this vapa' was until someone
> came out and said that he was vaDDa'di pa'payya. There is a
> Siva temple on the river bank (Nagavali) in Srikakulam.
> There is a Siva painting in that temple. It was painted by
> vapa' (ma' vaDDa'dODu). Candamama got the glitterry look
> as Vaddadi drew his pictures for the stories. Of course,
> Chitra took over afterwards. Who is this Chitra? I don't
> know. Neither the Candamama publishers did talk about their Chitra.
> Bhogaparapu Bhadrachalam (of Parlakimedi), known as Chalam or BChalam
> (who is the art director in Film industry, Madras for movies such
> as Nippulanti Manishi etc), used to draw pictures for Chandamama
> also.
>
Well, Chitra was there much before Vapa. A long time fan of Chandamama,
I have some details about the artists who made the magazine successful.
(Some inportant artists between 1947 - 1980)
MTV ACHARYA : MTV acharya was there from the begining (1947-July). He mostly
did the cover work. His work gradually took better shape and was at his
best when he did the (Oil canvas) work for mahabharata series. His
artworks on "Yuddhabhumi", were a class apart. MTV Acharya started
art school in Bangalore and served a large set of art students till 1994.
He died recently. His school is doing pretty well ( Acharya Chitra kala
parishat ). MTV Acharys'a paintings have been shown in international
exibitions notably in Russia.
m.g.k : I dont know the real name. He/She did the artwork almost 3 - 4 years
in the begining.
CHITRA : Chitra was 'discovered' by Chakrapani. Chitra worked in Chandamam
from its inception till 1976. Chitra's original name is 'JV Raghavulu'. When
chitra died in 1976(June), Chandamam carried an article on him. I am writing
this from my memory ... Chitra was an excellent photographer, and his phots
have won prizes in international contests. Chitra got his inspiration ... from
travelling and trekking !! CHITRA did the artwork for almost 30 years. He was
the main artist.For 10 - 12 (1947 - 1960) years he consistently did the
'back cover' too. For some reason, this was never as good as the others.
CHITRA was the best artist Chandamama produced according to me. His artwork
was very natural and what I loved was the how he pictured nature, intricate
details, realistic, also the consistency.
SHANKAR: Long time artist. I think shankar is active even today. Shankar
started in 1953. Took over MTV Acharya for 'Cover' art too. He did the
Chandamam front covers for 3 - 4 years, ... till MTV returned to take that job
during mid 1956. Shankar artwork on Ramayana was very good. SHANKAR also did
artwork for Yuva.
Vapa : Vaddari Papayya is the most popular. He is doing the 'Cover' art
during 1960 ... I think he is still doing. His initial work was excellent.
( I particularly remember his work on Sanskrit dramas and Ramayana ). His
style is unique.
Krishna ( curam@krishna.engr.sgi.com)\
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