Iconic old Paintings brought back to life through G Venket Ram Photography

Raja Ravi Varma's paintings are the inspiration and soul behind every artist's dream. G Venket Ram pays tribute to Raja Ravi Varma's paintings through his photography skills. Kollywood celebrities dressed in yesteryear clothes are like magic come true. These photographs are part of a calendar project titled "Naam. Radha in the moonlight, An expectant mother holding a fruit symbolizing new life, Rani of Pudukottai, There comes papa, Damayanti listening to her parrot are some of the iconic paintings by the great master Raja Ravi Varma. The photographer Venket Ram has painstakingly arranged for the same kind of clothes, accessories, hairstyles and poses so he could recreate the masterpiece paintings of Raja Ravi Varma. In fact, the photographs are so realistic that one could easily mistake them for paintings. The celebrities who were part of his calendar project are popular actresses: Samantha Akkineni, Shobana, Shruti Hassan, Khusboo, Ramya Krishnan and more.