Picturing Life...On The Art of Sudhir Patwardhan
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06 Nov
2025
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Community Engagement
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Various Scholars
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Picturing Life is a distinctive cinematic experience that animates the work of renowned painter Sudhir Patwardhan. Centered on his artistic journey in Mumbai, the film delves into the social and personal themes that shape his practice. Through a thoughtful narrative, it offers insight into the city's influence on his art and the stories behind his evocative imagery. The programme includes a screening of the film, followed by a conversation with filmmaker Harshil Bhanushali and artist Sudhir Patwardhan, offering the audience an opportunity to engage directly with the creators and the ideas behind the work.
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November 6, 2025
Timing: Tea: 6:00 PM | Screening & Discussion: 6:30 PM IST
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Harshil Bhanushali
Harshil Bhanushali (b. 1990, Mumbai) is an independent filmmaker working at the intersection of avant-garde cinema and artist documentaries. Trained in journalism and film direction, his work explores landscapes, migration, and identity in flux, often reflecting decaying emotions and architecture. Picturing Life won Best Sound Design at the 16th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) and has been screened across India. His short Leaving Home received 2nd Prize at Wild Viewing and later screened at the Ljubljana Biennale (2024) and Badnaam Film Festival (2025). His latest, Ruptured Lines, on artist Francis Newton Souza was selected for IDSFFK 2025 this year.
Sudhir Patwardhan
Sudhir Patwardhan is a painter whose work has been exhibited widely in India and abroad in the past forty years. He is an occasional writer and lecturer on art, and also a curator who has focused on introducing new audiences to contemporary art. Two books on his work by Ranjit Hoskote have been published - 'The Complicit Observer' (2004) and 'The Crafting of Reality' (2007). A monograph in Marathi by Padmakar Kulkarni 'Chitrakar Sudhir Patwardhan' was published in 2005. Patwardhan’s works are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi and Mumbai; Roopankar Museum, Bhopal; Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA and other public collections. He lives and works in Thane, near Mumbai.