Ravi Varma Calendar 2020: Stars Recreate Iconic Paintings

The recent calendar brought out by photographer G Venket Ram is a fitting tribute to one of the most iconic Indian artists, Raja Ravi Varma.

Ram has collaborated with NAAM Charitable Trust, founded by Mani Ratnam’s wife Suhasini and created a calendar for the year 2020 to celebrate “the spirit of Indian womanhood”.

This limited edition calendar has 12 renowned women from the South Indian film and dance sector pose in a recreated version of some of Raja Ravi Varma’s most celebrated paintings.

The calendar features names like Khushbu, Shruti Haasan, Ramya Krishnan, Aishwarya Rajesh, Samantha Akkineni, Nadhiya, Lissy and dancers Priyadarshini Govind and Chamundeshwari.

Raja Ravi Varma is still an influential name who took some big risks with his art, one of the biggest being making it affordable to the general public, echoing the message of how art should be for everyone and not just a select privileged few.

According to reports the earnings from the sale of these items will then be used to help and empower single women who come from the economically weaker sections of society.