Rajasekharan Parameswaran

Rajasekharan Parameswaran
Born 1964
Kanyakumari District
Occupation Painter, Art Director
Awards Two Guinness World Records
Website www.rajasekharan.in

Rajasekharan Parameswaran (also known as Marthandam Rajasekharan) is an Indian art director and self taught painter from Tamil Nadu. He holds two Guinness World Records. In 2008, for the largest easel painting. The easel is 56.5 feet tall and 31 feet wide and holds a 25 feet tall and 50 feet wide portrait of Elamkulam Namboodiripad. In 2010, the painting was also included in the Limca Book of Records. The second Guinness World Records is for The Largest Devil's Knot(Edakoodam) measured with each piece of the puzzle 7.30 m long, 0.60 m wide, and 0.60 m high on 27 December 2017 at The Ravis Hotels and Resorts, kollam, Kerala. This is the second successful attempt at setting this record.

Parameswaran debuted into films as art director with Naalu Pennungal (2007), for which he won the best art director state award.

Personal life

Born in 1964, Parameswaran belongs to Kaliyikkavila, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. He is married to Valsamma and has two daughters.[1]

Career

Painting of former Chief Minister of Kerala, Elamkulam Namboodiripad, which made it into the Guinness World Records book for the largest easel painting.

Parameswaran worked as a statistics compiler, receptionist, medical representative and a teacher before becoming an artist. He has no formal training in arts and originated and developed his own style. He self-taught himself pencil sketching and oil-painting. He debuted into films as assistant director with Adoor Gopalakrishnan's film Nizhalkuthu. His first film as art director was 2007-film Naalu Pennungal directed by Adoor, for which he also won a state award. After his debut with Adoor's film, Parameswaran has been working as art director for his all films. He has worked as art director for many films including, Oru Pennum Randaanum, Maestro's Memoirs, Mohiniyattam, Magizhchi and Pinneyum.[1][2]

In 2008, Parameswaran made a Guinness World Record for creating the largest easel painting. It is portrait of former chief minister of Kerala, Elamkulam Namboodiripad, which is 25 feet high and 50 feet wide, and is held by a 56.5 feet high and 31 feet wide easel on National Highway 47 nearer Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.[2][3] Two years later, it was included in the Limca Book of Records.[4]

In 2017, he made "The Largest Devil's Knot(Edakoodam)". This is the second successful attempt at setting this record. ‘Edakoodam’ is a word familiar to most Malayalis, which means ‘a puzzle[] which is difficult to solve’. However,not many people know about a curious toy similar to the Rubik’s cube. Made up of six wooden blocks, the ‘edakoodam’, once dismantled, can be assembled to its original position only with proper mathematical skills.

In an arts contest organised by Tamil magazine, Ananda Vikatan, he was first shortlisted in the top seventy-five artists and later by public votes chosen first among them. In 2010, he won Bikhuram National Award for his painting of Mahatma Gandhi and the same year, for painting of Fidel Castro, he won an online art contest organised by the ArtSlant International.[5][1]

In 2015, his works were featured at Elegance Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which included a portrait of Adhiletchumy Natrajan, called, Bliss. The Bliss was previously featured at Vienna International Exhibition (2013).[6][7] One of his painting called, Bhayanakam, was featured at Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai and sold for ₹25,000 which he donated to Thane relief fund for cyclone affected people.[4]

Parameswaran has made portraits of Mother Teresa, Abdul Kalam, Richard Branson, Najib Razak, among many others.[2][6]

Filmography

A self-portrait by Parameswaran.
YearFilmNotes
2002Nizhalkuthuassistant director
2005Maestro's Memoirsdocumentary based on life of Ramankutty Nair
2006Mohiniyattamdocumentary based on Mohiniyattam
2007Naalu Pennungaldebut as art director, won best art director award
2008Oru Pennum Randaanumart director
2010Magizhchiart director
2013Kanyaka Talkiesart director
2016Pinneyumart director
2016Ayaal Sasiart director

Exhibitions

Parameswaran's paintings have been exhibited in multiple art exhibitions, including:

  • 2009 - Alshine Art Forum,Group show, New Delhi
  • 2010 - International Contemporary art Festival, Daegu, Republic of Korea
  • Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, organised by Ananda Vikatan
  • 2015 - ART NOW The Artists Fair London[8]
  • 2015 - Memoirs Journey - at Elegance Club, Malaysia
  • 2016 - Oxford International Art Fair - representing Laksagi Art Gallery, Malaysia[9]
  • 2016 - Symposium of Oil Painting Exhibition-2016, Batu Gajah, Malaysia.
  • 2017 - Oil Painting Demo of Abdul Kalam at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology(IIST) Trivandrum, India.
  • 2018 - Oil painting Demo of Elamkulam Namboodiripad at "EMS-ntey Lokam"-[] National Seminar-2018, at Wandoor, Malappuram, Kerala.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "...BIG is beautiful". The Hindu. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Painting a world record". The Hindu. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Largest Easel". GWR. GWR.
  4. 1 2 "Record of expressions". The New Indian Express. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  5. ↑ ArtSlant, online competition. "Fedal Castro Painting".
  6. 1 2 "'Memoirs Journey' art exhibition launch". Malaysia Tatler. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Melizarani T. Selva (28 October 2015). "Everlasting portrayal in oil". The Star. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Art Now, artists Fair London 2015. "Artists Fair London 2015".
  9. ↑ Oxford International Art Fair, Art Fair. "Oxford International Art Fair". Oxford International Art Fair. GAA.
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