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Category Archives: Bengal
The costumes of Dadar Kirti (1980)
Dadar Kirti (1980) is based on a Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay story and is a highly fun, easy watch with a charming ensemble cast doing it justice. While it is not subtitled, a rudimentary knowledge of Bengali is enough to enjoy the movie. The movie … Continue reading
Posted in 1980s, 20th century, Accessories, Actor, Bengal, Bengali cinema, bindi, Cinema, Costume, Costumes in Cinema, Dancer, Early 20th Century, film costumes, Film Costuming, Girls, Indian Cinema, Indian Costume, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Textiles, Indian Women, Manipur, Movies, Period Drama, Regional cinema, Regional period drama, regional styles, Sari, Sari Blouse, shawls, Vintage
Tagged 1980s cinema, Ayan Bannerjee, Bengal Sari, Bengali cinema, Bihari sari, Dadar Kirti, Debashree Roy, film costumes, indian cinema, Mahua Roychowdhury, Period Drama, regional styles, Sandhya Roy, sari, sari blouse, Sulata Chowdhury, Tapas Paul
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Holi
A quick trawl through Holi in Indian art. First up, sculpture at the Chennakeshava temple at Belur. A bit of water sport preparation at the feet of the madanika (photograph via Sandeep). Miniature paintings often feature the ever popular theme … Continue reading
Posted in 12th century, 1800s, 1840s, 1850s, 19th century, Ancient India, Art, art recreation, Bengal, Costume, costumes in art, Culture, Dance, Early 19th century, fashion, Hinduism, historical art, historical costume, indian art, Indian Costume, indian festivals, Indian men, Indian Mythology, Indian Women, miniature paintings, Paintings, Pakistani Art, Royalty, Sculpture, vintage art, vintage fashion, women in art
Tagged 11th century, 1800s, ar chughtai, belur, chennakeshava, Colours, eco colours, happy holi, Holi, Indian royals, jamini roy, kangra, koli girls, Kotah, madanika, Mewar, Miniature Paintings, palash, pichkari, radha krishna, Santiniketan, water
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The costumes of Devdas (1936)
Devdas may well be summarised by these three screen captures:) Saratchandra was 17 when he wrote Devdas, it is likely the author himself thought the novel an immature work in later age. Despite it being a “youth novel” and despite the … Continue reading
Posted in 1910s, 1930s, 20th century, Accessories, Actor, Bengal, Bengali cinema, Cinema, Colonial, Costume, costume design, Courtesan, Culture, Dancer, Early 20th Century, fashion, film costumes, Film Costuming, Hairstyles, Indian Cinema, Indian Costume, Indian fashion, Indian men, Indian Women, regional styles, Romance, Sari, Sari Blouse, sari history, Vintage, vintage costume
Tagged 1930s, 1930s fashion, 1930s styles, 1936, Bengali cinema, costume design, devdas, indian cinema, Jamuna, KL Saigal, Rajkumari, sari, vintage sari
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The Spring Post
A little late for this, probably should have posted around mid-February but I still have time till Holi so here goes! Everything is yellow and the fiery red of palash (though in our cities you see a lot more gulmohur … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, Art, Bengal, costumes in art, Culture, Flora, Flowers, indian art, Indian Dress, Indian Literature, Literature, Love, Paintings, Poetry, Rural, Sari, Sari Blouse, Seasons, Vintage, vintage art
Tagged 1940s art, 1950s art, archana, bamboo grove, Bangladeshi poetry, Bengal Sari, Bengali girl, falgun, flame of the forest, india, Indian Art, palash, Qurratulain Hyder, samar ghose, sonali mohanty, spring, sudhir khastgir, upkar, vasant panchami, vintage art
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The Shawl Post
I did a series of posts on shawls on tumblr that started in the early winter. We are past that now but still in winter so rug up for the ride:) Unless you are in the Southern Hemisphere i.e. In … Continue reading
Posted in 1800s, 18th century, 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, 19th century, 2016 posts, 20th century, Bengal, Costume, Culture, early 18th century, Early 19th century, Early 20th Century, fashion, Girls, historical costume, historical fashions, India, Indian Costume, Indian Dress, Indian men, Indian Textiles, Indian Women, Islamic Dress, Late 19th century, Mughal, North East, photodivision, Politicians, regional styles, retro, Sets, shawls, Vintage, Vintage Dress, Vintage Men, vintage style, Weaving, winterwear
Tagged 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, Arunachal Pradesh, chamba, Contemporary Style, himachal, indian men, indian shawls, indian style, Indian Women, jamawar, kangra, Kashmir, kullu, mughal shawls, naga, naga shawl, pink and gold, shawl, shawls, toda, vintage style, winter, winterwear
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The Rangoli Post
Source for Rangoli terms-X. Pic Source – X. (~1890s, click for larger view). Making an Alpana, Santiniketan, 1954. Life Magazine, 7 February 1955. From what I know, the use of rice flour or paste is intentional and is meant as … Continue reading
Posted in 1890s, 1950s, 1980s, 1990s, Bengal, Culture, Decorative Arts, Early 20th Century, Hinduism, India, indian art, Indian Dress, Late 19th century, Photography, regional styles, Salwar Kameez, Sari, Sari Blouse, Vintage, vintage art, Vintage Dress, vintage photography, Women, women in art
Tagged akino fuku, alpana, B Prabha, decorative arts, floor design, india, kolam, rangoli, Santiniketan
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Dancers (Sudhir Khastgir)
For awhile (in the 50s I think), Sudhir Khastgir painted a number of dancing figures. Here are two: Sudhir Khastgir, Dancing Figure, 1962. The lower panels indicate the earrings and forehead ornament, a little bit of the knotted ponytail, bangles … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, 1960s, Art, Bengal, Costume, Dance, Dancer, indian art, Indian Dress, Indian men, Indian Women, mid century, Paintings, Vintage, vintage art, vintage costume, Vintage Dress, women in art
Tagged 1950s, 1960s, art of bengal, Dancers, Indian Art, sudhir khastgir
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Costumes in NS Bendre’s Paintings
Part of a series on costumes as seen in Indian art. Weaving had a special significance for Bendre, who taught it together with painting and papier mache while in Baroda in the 1950’s. He painted several works over the years … Continue reading
Posted in 1980s, 20th century, Art, Bengal, Costume, Culture, Early 20th Century, Folk, indian art, Indian Dress, Indian men, mid century, North East India, regional styles, Vintage, vintage art, vintage costume, Weaving, Women, women in art
Tagged 1980s art, Arunachal Pradesh, costume in paintings, Kerala, kulu, NS Bendre, Rajasthan, regional costumes, salwar kameez, sari, weaver, women in art
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Illustration
When I was composing the hair posts, my brother, Shiv, decided to do an illustration of Jabakusum Hair Oil for the blog. Here is the illustration: He joined tumblr to post it (hinotoridawn) but I don’t think he quite likes … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Bengal, fashion, Hair, Illustration, Indian fashion, vintage hair
Tagged artwork, Bengal, hair, hair oil, illustration, Jabakusum, Jabakusum Hair Oil, Shiv M
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Vintage Indian Clothing 