Fountain pen sketch artist Karishma Siddique Roy poses in front of a gallery wall at her first solo exhibition titled ‘Jay Shree Ray’ at First Flush. The artist has named her ongoing series ‘#inkingRay’
Pooja MitraMusician Diptanshu Roy (Karishma’s better half) was also present at the event. Karishma, who has dedicated the exhibition to Satyajit Ray, credits her husband for lending her fountain pens from his personal collection and inspiring her
The art exhibition was inaugurated by Kaushik Maitra (right), managing director of Sulekha Works Limited and Chawm Ganguly, Fountain Pen historian and enthusiast. The sketches have been made with Sulekha Ink, a brand that Ray had a personal connection with
‘I began this series in 2021, inspired by a photo shared by Sulekha Works Ltd., which depicted Lalmohan Ganguly sitting next to a bottle of Sulekha ink in the film, ‘Joy Baba Felunath’,” says Karishma, looking back the inception of the series
Sketches of Goopy and Bagha
Remember Mukul and the ‘nokol’ Dr. Hazra from ‘Sonar Kella’? The exhibition brings to life many such iconic scenes from the Ray-verse
If Feluda is around, will the inimitable Maganlal Meghraj be far behind?
The Bong Eats duo Saptarshi Chakraborty and Insiya Poonawala also dropped by, and could not help but pose with the art and the artist
‘This is my favourite,’ says Karishma, when asked to make a pick from her series. “The reason I keep going back to Ray is every character by him has a presence,” added the artist. The frames are from the Bhowanipore Art Framing Co., that also had a personal connection with Ray
The exhibition is on till October 30, 9am to 9pm. Each artwork has a QR code attached to it that will take you to the original work on Karishma’s Instagram account