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June 2019 All Creatures Great and Small. This issue is part just-for-fun and part celebration of the many wonderful creatures God has given us to share the earth with. Robin Age is a weekly newspaper magazine with a supplement Jr. Robin Age for younger readers. The magazine aims at cultivating a daily reading habit of the newspaper and hence the format. The magazine covers a range of topics from current affairs, travel and history to sports and general knowledge.
Shakthi Dass, also spelt as ShakthiDass or Shakthi Das, is an Indian painter, sketcher, and wrapper artist for children's magazines, comics and newspapers for the last four decades.
Shakthi Dass is a passionate artist. Since early childhood, he has been sketching and painting. He is versatile and can create art works in a variety of styles.[citation needed]
He has been sketching nonstop professionally for the past 4 decades. He has freelanced for many Indian magazines like Bommarillu, MVS Novels, Balabharathi, Rishi Peettam, Bujjai, Chinnari, Balamitra, Chandamama, Rotary News, Vijaya Publications and Oriya Vijay. He has also done thousands of paintings for international publications and office and industrial settings.
Shakthi Dass believes that anybody can be a reasonably good painter.[citation needed]He is a passionate teacher and especially loves teaching children. He is running an art institute in Kukatpally where children up to the age of 13 are taught painting. As a teacher, he is sensitive to the difficulties faced by a beginner. Hence he has also developed revolutionary techniques by which people can be guided in simple, enjoyable steps to achieve a high skill.[citation needed]
Another passion of Shakthi Dass is writing stories. His stories stem from his deep understanding of life and the world at large.[citation needed]
He started Chandrabala Publications with a vision to educate and entertain the world with the right values and knowledge. He intends Chandrabala to be a platform, a fulcrum for talented writers and artists.
He is the founder of Aayurveda Sanjeevini and Chandrabala magazine in both English and Telugu versions.[1] Shakthi Dass can draw 100 illustrations in six hours and is under consideration by the Guinness World Records.[2]
His vivid paintings range from oil paintings, canvas, watercolor, acrylic, glass, and pencil covering abstract, figurative, cartoons, and realism arts.[3] His unique skill is in sketching with pencil and then with brush or directly with brush without using a pencil sketch layout. He is known for conventional, unconventional and acrylic works in expressionist and cubist styles.
Early life and education[edit]
Shakthi Dass Goud was born on January 9, 1948[4][not in citation given] at Aratlakatta village near Palakol in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He was born in Goud's family to Sri. Pastula Anjaneyula Goud and Smt. Pastula Annapurna. His grandfather Sri. Pastula Sagaram was a Gandhian and then M.L.C. He has one son and two daughters.[citation needed]
He did his Bachelors in Arts from Andhra University from Eluru in Andhra Pradesh.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
Shakthi Dass showed interest in painting from his childhood when he was 14 years old. He earned is first income of 74 Indian rupees when he painted a picture of Mary for a church in his village. During an interview with Telugu newspaper, Shakthi Dass discovered that this picture is currently in a church in Italy.[5][6]
He moved to Chennai, formerly Madras for employment in painting career and joined Ketha Cini Publicity studios in 1968 as a cini publicity designer in preparing sketches for film sets through his links from established hero Chalam cum relative, a film producers cum artists like Karri Apparao Babji and Karri Rangarao. Later he joined M.V.S Publishers to sketch wrappers for their novels.
During 80's and 90's before the arrival of Disney World graphics and comics,there is no Telugu kid who were not enthralled with child magazine Chandamama for which ShakthiDass did cover paintings with medieval Indian depictions covering kings, queens, and witchcrafts right from ancient, mythological and folklore. Shakthidass did cover paintings for Chandamama in various languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Oriya.
He further fine tuned his skills while working with then famous Chandamama child magazine under the painter Late Vaddadi Pappayya who was instrumental in Chandamama's grand success in Telugu. There were several years where he enthralled the Tamil mythological movie and magazine industry to the extent of producers and publishers publicised and encashed their projects with ShakthiDass title in advertisements and cutouts.
He later did innumerable wrappers, storyboard illustration, and sketches for various magazines and novels in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, English and Oriya including Bommarillu, Chandamama, Balamitra, Nandanam, Bujjayi, Balabharati, Kumkuma, Dinakaran, Vasuki, Rishi Petam, Rotary News,Vijaya Publications, Oriya News, Chinnari, Kannada Chokkalingam.[7]
During an interview in a Telugu channel, he attributed his success to an opportunity to draw wrappers in the well known, then children magazine Bommarillu which brought name and fame to the extent of some magazines, films and publishers in Tamil deferring their release date till ShakthiDass wounds up his work. He also did and does innumerable paintings for international publications and industrial settings. He also does short writing, expresses the stories through his paintings, also runs a training institute in Hyderabad to impart the revolutionary techniques he mastered in his long career of more than four decades with an ultimate aim of using his Chandrabala as a platform to generate as many artists as possible.
Chandrabala[edit]
Shakthidass started his own children's magazine called Chandrabala in August 2009. It comes in Telugu and English languages. Chandrabala is the child magazine to widen the minds of children through stories coupled with graphics covering mythology, comics, history, culture, current events, ghost cum horror, inventions, discoveries, science and fiction to enable the kids experience thrill, excitement, wonder, fear, laughter, sadness, evil, compassion, sarrow and sympathy.[8][9]
Aayurveda Sanjeevini[edit]
Aayurveda Sajeevini is a monthly magazine about Ayurveda, an Indian made medicine with articles about different ayurveda medicine related to health, hygiene, yoga and home made tips and remedies for common problems.[10]
Behind ShakthiDass name[edit]
His name 'ShakthiDass' where 'Shakthi' stands for 'Power' in Hindu mythology and Dass stands for 'Dedicativeness' and started naming his paintings with name 'ShakthiDass' which ultimately became his recognised and brand name.[11][not in citation given]
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External links[edit]
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Ram Charan is an Indian film actor, producer, dancer, and entrepreneur who works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the most popular and influential actors in Tollywood[2] and has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2013. Charan is the recipient of several awards, including two Filmfare Awards, two Nandi Awards, two CineMAA Awards, and two Santosham Best Actor Awards. The son of actor Chiranjeevi and Surekha, Charan made his acting debut in the successful action flick Chirutha (2007), for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. Charan rose to prominence with a starring role opposite Kajal Aggarwal in S.S. Rajamouli's fantasy film Magadheera (2009), which is one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time. He won several accolades for this film, including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu.
Charan established himself as a leading Tollywood actor with the commercially successful masala films Racha (2012) and Naayak (2013). He continued to star in critical and commercial successes such as the revenge drama Yevadu (2014), family drama Govindudu Andarivadele (2014), action thriller Dhruva (2016), and Sukumar's period film Rangasthalam (2018), which ranks as his highest-grossing release.
In 2016, Charan established his own production house, the Konidela Production Company, under which he produces films.[3] Beyond his film career, he owns the polo team Ram Charan Hyderabad Polo Riding Club.[4]
Personal life[edit]
Ram Charan was born in Hyderabad to Telugu actor Chiranjeevi and Surekha. He has two sisters. He is the grandson of Allu Rama Lingaiah and the nephew of Nagendra Babu, Pawan Kalyan, and Allu Aravind. He is the cousin of Allu Arjun, Varun Tej and Sai Dharam Tej. He completed his primary education in Chennai and high school in Ooty. He studied B.com for some days and he dropped out. Charan got engaged to Upasana Kamineni, the vice-chairman of Apollo Charity and chief editor of B Positive magazine, in Hyderabad on 1 December 2011. Upasana is the granddaughter of Prathap C. Reddy, the Executive Chairman of the Apollo Hospitals.[5][6] Subsequently, they got married on 14 June 2012 at the Temple Trees Farm House.[7]
Career[edit]
In 2007, Ram Charan made his film debut as the leading man in the film Chirutha, which was directed by Puri Jagannadh and completed 50 days in 178 direct centres and 15 other shifted centres. The film completed 100 days in 40 direct centres.[8] He played the role of Charan, an ex-convict who is hell-bent on killing the murderer of his father. Rediff.com praised his performance stating: 'Ram Charan is quite promising. Dance and action appear to be forte. He is rather graceful in the dance numbers. He also stays clear of any oblique reference to his star father by way of vdialogue or adopting any particular mannerism or style.'[9] His performance in the film earned him a Filmfare Best South Debutant Award and Nandi Special Jury Award.[10]
After the release of the 2009 film Magadheera, which was only his second film, directed by S.S.Rajamouli, Charan established himself as one of the leading contemporary actors of Tollywood. He played a dual role in this film in which one is a brave soldier of a kingdom in Rajasthan in the 17th century who is in love with the princess but loses her and dies, the other a bike racer who falls in love with a girl who is the re-incarnation of the princess and wins her knowing their past. His portrayal got immense critical acclaim. The Times of India wrote: 'Ram Charan returns as a valiant soldier and breathes life into the larger-than-life role with ease. He showcases his horse-riding and dancing skills to perfection.'[11]IndiaGlitz commented: 'Charan has come up with a mature performance and he has carried the film very well. Both his characters were done good justice and he reminded of his father at many places.'[12] Directed by S. S. Rajamouli,[13] the film received six Filmfare Awards including the award for Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu and Nandi Special Jury Award for Charan.[14] In 2009, he became a spokesperson for Pepsi's advertisement campaigns.[15]
Charan starred in Bommarillu Bhaskar's Orange in 2010 as Ram, an NRI living in Australia whose opinions are against loving forever. IndiaGlitz wrote: 'Ram Charan gave an excellent performance all through the film. His attire, makeup, dressing style, accessories and body language give the audiences a fresh feel of an urbane guy. He improved a lot in all the departments including action, dances, dialogue modulation, body language.'[16]
His next film was Rachcha, directed by Sampath Nandi. He did the role of Betting Raj, a gambler whose life takes a toll on him. IndiaGlitz wrote: 'He shows flashes of Chiru-ness more than he ever did in the past; be it his baritone or demeanour, he is a Megastar in effect. Helped by a strong script, he could have been much better.'[17] The film released on 5 April 2012 and was declared a commercial success.[18]
Charan with Priyanka Chopra during promotions of their film Zanjeer in 2013
His first release in 2013 was Naayak, directed by V. V. Vinayak. He played another dual role, one a mafia leader in Kolkata and the other a simple software employee in Hyderabad. The Times of India wrote: 'Ram Charan did a great job, though there was no variation shown between the two characters.'[19] It opened to positive critical acclaim and became a commercial success.[20]
Charan made his Bollywood debut through Zanjeer, a remake of the 1973 film of the same name. He played the role of ACP Vijay Khanna who swears Vengeance on his parents' killer. Charan made his debut as a playback singer with the song 'Mumbai Ke Hero', composed by Chirantan Bhatt, in the album Thoofan, the Telugu version of Zanjeer.
In his next Telugu film, Yevadu (2014), directed by Vamsi Paidipally, he plays two characters, one who has received a face transplant of the other and becomes the target of underworld gangs because of the mistaken identity. Bangalore Mirror wrote: 'For Ram Charan, Yevadu is essential to establish his status after Thoofan tanked at the box office. His character has two shades and he tries his best to bring variations. He dances like there is no tomorrow and the choreography is a delight to watch.'[21] Sify wrote: 'Compared to his earlier films – Nayak and Thoofan, Ram Charan has done a fairly good job here. His acting is effective in intense scenes and action episode. To satisfy his audiences, he has also done some good steps in the Freedom song.'[22] Charan's next release in the same year was the family drama Govindudu Andarivadele.[23] The film opened to mostly positive reviews from critics and grossed over ₹40 crore (US$5.8 million) at the box office.[24]
His next film was Bruce Lee[25] where he played the role of a stuntman who gets involved in a scuffle. It wasn't a success due to its weak narration and comedy.[26] His next film Dhruva (2016) was declared a hit due its unique story and visuals. Times of India wrote: 'Ram Charan looks his fittest best. As an actor, Ram Charan impresses in all the scenes that required high emotion. And as for the scenes where he had to be elevated as the hero, they will not disappoint his fans.'[27] In 2018, he acted in the blockbuster Rangasthalam directed by Sukumar, declared as fourth highest grosser of all time.[28]In 2019, he starred alongside Kiara Advani and Vivek Oberoi in an action film Vinaya Vidheya Rama which was directed by Boyapati Srinu.[citation needed]
He is also the producer of his father Chiranjeevi's 150th film and also signed to appear in his uncle Pawan Kalyan's production.[29]
Other work[edit]
Ram Charan is an equestrian and entrepreneur.[30] He owns the polo team Ram Charan Hyderabad Polo Riding Club.[31] He also serves on the board of directors of MAA TV.[32]
In early July 2015, he started his own Hyderabad-based airline business called TruJet.[33] Ram Charan is also the spokesman and co-owner of the obstacle running series Devil's Circuit.[34]
Filmography[edit]As actor[edit]
As producer[edit]
Awards and nominations[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ram_Charan&oldid=901651252'
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