Bharvi Trivedi

"A Window to Heritage” the title itself gives us the glimpse of the cultural legacy that we uphold. At the recent show of Times Artiest 2020 curated by Priya Adhyaru Majithia, Roma Patel created and visually narrated this magnificent artwork taking us back to our roots. Her work was displayed on the long black brick wall outside the entrance. The display looked extremely interesting as if it being the entrance door where one would stop, light a diya and then step in.  Honourable chief minister Shri Vijay Rupani followed the ritual of lighting the diya and inaugurated the show Talking about her artwork, She has meticulously picked up every piece of carved ol d wood from different places and created this big window with a gokhlo in the centre. In our Hindu culture at every good occasion a diya is lit invoking the blessing of the divine. Gokhlo is a place where diya is lit every morning and evening. It is a beautiful ritual of praying and embracing the prosperity and well

Visually aesthetically interesting and conceptually very strong is what I felt when I saw Rakesh Patel’s recent art work titled “LAKSHMI INCARNATE”, that is on display at the recently concluded TIMES ARTFEST 2020 show @ Amdavad ni Gufa. The show was curated by Ms Priya Adhyaru Majithia  At the entrance a huge revolving bottle was on display, that was created using materials like wood, computer circuits, brass and SS sheets. Rakesh has  metaphorically used these materials and significantly portrayed our more than 600-year-old walled city of Amdavad. Looking at his work we can barely move forward without feeling the vastness and the richness of the legacy that we truly belong to. There is a story of Manekbaba and king Ahmed shah out of which this entire concept was shaped. It narrates how king Ahmed Shah tricked Manekbaba out of his own smartness and convinced him to build the teen darwaja and the city. At Teen Darwaja even today it is one muslim family that invariably lights

" Vaarso " At the recent timesfest 2020 @ Amdavad ni Gufa, Vipul Prajapati’s artwork titled VAARSO was on display.  He is the recipient of National Award and the Pollock and Krasner Foundation Grant.  Vipul is a techno freak artist who loves exploring and working with varied materials and his inquisite nature reflects in his work. His love for graphite is evidently visible in his work. He understands the dynamics of the materials and accordingly brilliantly incorporates them in his work. Here Vipul has created a walled backgrou nd representing real amdavad as the walled city. He has used the image of one of the oldest building, the Premabhai hall, as it associates with his stroke of brush with this place. Vipul has made a huge brush that ironically talks about development that is happening all around at the cost of our heritage.  His work is representational in nature at the same time urging us to be little more sensitive and sensible of what we are up to. Here VAAR

TRANSCENDING FORMS        by BHARVI TRIVEDI      recent solo show @ Ahmedabad                 2019 Everything has a perception attached, a conditioning that we often carry within as we grow up and start labeling them. This relates not only to people but also the objects around us. Transcending Forms is a series of work that explores objects beyond its confined limits thereby trying to look at it in a different way and understand its own demands and limitations while creating an artwork. My journey with objects began in 2011 when I first visited Varanasi known as the spiritual capital. The city of Shiva. I observed the place, its people, the culture and its tremendous vibrancy. Sitting on the Ghats for hours and observing it’s various dimensions and flavors, I realized that it has its own nature.   It was there that I felt I wanted to work on this subject not the way it is but the way I saw, the way I felt and the way I perceived. Returning back, I was clueless how

A vision that has given a new breathing space to the Gujarati Cinema. The art of cinema long forgotten is now in safe hands with young Directors like Mr. Bhavin Trivedi, who took the risk that was much required. Today when so many Gujarati films are being made and the entire senario seems to be changing for good, at times it gets difficult for filmmakers to stay true towards the art of film making. Amidst this Director Bhavin Trivedi and the Producers of 99films, a production house in Gujarat took a huge risk by coming up with their first art film "Roll No 56". This film is based on one of the sensitive child issue of our country. Intention being to leave the audience pondering as to why this happens. This film is made considering the world cinema and is being sent at various National and International Film Festivals. The very first international festival it went for was the 4th Indian Cine Film Festival 2016 which was inaugurated on the 18th September 2016 at Mumbai. It was

ROLL NO 56 by Bhavin Trivedi, goes for various International Film Festivals The moment has arrived. ROLL NO 56 is about to open its wings and fly.  ROLLNO 56 is the brainchild of Mr. Bhavin Trivedi, the writer and director of this film. It is a journey that he began in 2005. This is Bhavin’s first bilingual feature film in Gujarati and Hindi that would be releasing next year, He is passionate, works hard and believes in giving his best. He is extremely confident that this film would create and set new standards in the Gujarati Film Industry, as he would be introducing real Art Cinema to the audience. A firm believer in creativity and the art of filmmaking, he has nurtured this film with best of its technicalities which will put this film parallel to the world cinema.  Best performances, lyrics, music, sound are some real highlights of this film.  Gujarati culture is rich with its Art, Literature and Folk Music, its been years since we have heard any Doha or Channd. Many might not even