An Artful Update

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Time flies. So do celebrities.

Here’s a quick update on celebrity Loyolites I’ve interviewed for this blog. The thing about celebrities is that they are repeatedly in the news. Still, in case you missed…

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VIVEK KARUNAKARAN
Three years ago, I interviewed fashion designer Vivek Karunakaran (1998). Then, he was in the news for being selected to the GenNext round of Lakme India Fashion Week. In 2008, he was back at LIFW, and Westside had contracted to sell his designer line. By 2009, he was on Day 1 at LIFW. And now, with Asal (2010), a Tamil movie starrring Ajith Kumar, Vivek has become a costume designer in filmdom. Vidya Balan, on the cover of Verve magazine (February 2010), wears a Vivek design. Vivek has also styled for Vikram.

SANTOSH SIVAN
Santosh Sivan (1976) was interviewed on this blog just ahead of the release of Before the Rains, an American production set in colonial Kerala. His next film Tahaan (2008), set in Kashmir, was shown at various international film festivals. Like his earlier children’s films, this one too picked up a couple of awards. This year, Santosh Sivan will mark his debut as actor. He has played the lead role, of painter Raja Ravi Varma, in Lenin Rajendran’s film Makaramanju.

JISHNU DASGUPTA
Last month, Jishnu Dasgupta’s (1996) Swarathma won the Best Band of the Year award at the JD Rock Awards 2010. Their debut album “Swarathma” has sold 4,200 copies, and they recently composed songs for Suvarna News TV channel. They tour the country quite a bit and so, if you live in one of India’s metros, you can catch them easily.

Hat tip: Deepak Madhusoodanan (1996)

4 comments

  1. Santosh Sivan’s latest work as cinematographer is Mani Ratnam’s Raavan which is slated for a June 18th release. The promo looks good with typical Santosh Sivan shots.

    Vivek is really going places!!

  2. Dear friends,

    I want to bring to your notice another talented loyolite film maker – Joseph Mathew. Joe belongs to the batch of 82 and is now an accomplished documentary film maker. You can read more about him here http://www.bombaysummer.com/web_pages/director.html

    Joe has recently come out with an appeal regarding his latest project – Bombay Summer. See http://www.indiegogo.com/Bombay-Summer?c=home

    If you can help, please do so.

    Thanks
    Anish

  3. Jishnu’s band, Swarathma have tied up with Global Water Challenge to release their first music video. Though the song was originally written to highlight the strife over share of the River Kaveri’s waters between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, this video highlights drinking water shortages all over India.

    More details here: http://www.globalwaterchallenge.org/newscenter/news-detail.php?id=1075

    Video is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCii9Pmjxho

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