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“I was so fortunate to have a supportive, artistic and privileged childhood,” the son said.

Other examples: Hampi Art Labs in Karnataka offers exhibitions and artist residencies; Art Mumbai fair's third edition in November expects 40,000 visitors; and Renault's planned Chennai design centre will merge technology with artistic collaboration.

In a 1943 self-portrait in oil, he locks eyes with the viewer, the determined look on his face evidence of the solemn responsibility he felt to be an artistic voice for the oppressed.

And in Taxila, a place “where intellectual and artistic freedoms met with a merging of multicultural ideas and expressions,” imported Greek art inspired the now-familiar depiction of the Buddha.

When producers allow a star’s heroic jawline and eyebrow harmony to be covered in scars and a cloak, you know the artistic ambitions are high.