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Rang Rasiya is an Indian drama film based on the life of the 19th-century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma during British Raj. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 5 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist from the princely state of Travancore (presently in southern Kerala & some parts of Tamil Nadu) who achieved recognition for his paintings depicting scenes from Indian literature and mythology including the epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana. He is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian art and his paintings are considered to be among the best examples of the fusion of Indian traditions with the techniques of European academic art. Varma's paintings portrayed sari-clad women in graceful manner which became an important motif of that time, reproductions being found in many homes. As narrated in novel "Raja Ravi Verma" by Ranjit Singh, There was a woman called Sugandha Bai who became inspiration for Raja Ravi Verma to paint gods and goddesses as human beings. Once Ravi Verma saw this beautiful lady Sugandha Bai in a temple worshiping a Hindu God/Goddess and suddenly felt inspired. He then sketched Sugandha Bai's portrait and gifted her. Sugandha Bai got attracted towards Raja Ravi Vaerma's sketches and agreed to become her model to portrait Hindu Goddesses in his paintings. Watch Full Movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwgViwcRmq0 Born Nandana Dev Sen 19 August 1967 (age 47) Kolkata, West Bengal, India Residence London, United Kingdom Occupation Actor, activist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amartya_Sen Amartya Kumar Sen (Bengali: অমর্ত্য সেন; born 3 November 1933) (age 81)is an Indian economist and philosopher who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States. He has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, and indexes of the measure of well-being of citizens of developing countries. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his work in welfare economics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabaneeta_Dev_Sen Nabaneeta Dev Sen (Bengali: নবনীতা দেবসেন; Nôbonita Deb Sen) (born 13 January 1938) (age 77)is an award-winning Indian poet, novelist and academic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Makinson John Makinson CBE is the Chairman of the international publishing company Penguin Random House. He is chairman of The National Theatre. He has used his knowledge of business to help compile a report for the British government, called Incentives for Change, and received a CBE in 2001 for his services to public sector productivity. He was also photographed by Harry Borden for the National Portrait Gallery in Britain. Nandana Sen (born Nandana Dev Sen in Kolkata) is a former international film actress, Indian writer, and child-rights activist. Debut.Gudia (1997) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119234/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandana_Sen Speaking about her character, Sen said that "Varma saw in her Sugandha Bai the face and soul of a goddess. (For him) she is passionate, possessive and hungry for love." To portray this character, Sen was required to dress and look like a young Maharashtrian woman with long hair, light eyes, waist chain and a nose ring. In addition, she also gained five kilos for the character since she had to look voluptuous. She was helped with her familiarily with the physical patterns in Varma's paintings of women, such as, "the way they tilt their hip, the way they play with their hands. Though the film has a few scenes in which she had to expose, she chose to do it because she thought that the sensitive scene formed the story's basis. Although it was not an easy decision to take, she felt absolutely comfortable while performing the scene. One such scene is a wide angle shot that shows a bare breast of a skimpily clad Sen. Though this scene was aesthetically shot, the Central Board of Film Certification, which regulates the ratings and certification of media in India, objected to it and ordered for a review based on consensus. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222138/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rang_Rasiya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urvashi http://www.apamnapat.com/articles/Mahabharata032.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urvashi_and_Pururavas http://www.4to40.com/katha/index.asp?p=The_Legend_of_Urvasi_and_Pururavas http://utkarshspeak.blogspot.in/2012/10/urvashi-and-pururavas.html http://www.thehouseofthings.com/shop/urvashi-and-pururavas-by-raja-ravi-varma/528/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram%C5%8Drva%C5%9B%C4%AByam http://sanskritdocuments.org/all_pdf/samvAdasUkta.pdf http://hindumythologybynarin.blogspot.in/2013/10/story-of-apsara-urvashi.html http://www.apamnapat.com/entities/Urvashi.html http://www.apamnapat.com/entities/Chandra.html http://www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda/raja-ravi-varma1 http://www.cyberkerala.com/rajaravivarma/