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Short films to explore lives and times of women artists, writers in India
Updated On: 22 August, 2017 08:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Snigdha Hasan
<p>A new project ropes in 10 first-time women filmmakers to make a bouquet of short films on women artists and writers in India</p>
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Her paintings count among the most expensive by Indian artists today, and she is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern art in the country. But these accolades didn't come Amrita Sher-Gil's way when she was alive. What was it like to be an independent-minded woman in the India of the '30s? What impact did being ahead of her time have on Sher-Gil who died at a young age of 28? The Madrik Project, a new initiative that aims to explore the lives and times of women artists and writers in India, will present their biographical portrait in the form of short films through the lens of women filmmakers.
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