Occupation Painter Children Kalpana Lajmi Role Painter | Name Lalita Lajmi Years active 1960-present Nieces Nina Dutt | |
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Born 1932 Kolkata Artwork Woman with a flower & blue birds, Grandmother and I Siblings Guru Dutt, Atma Ram, Devi Dutt, Shashidhar, Vijay Parents Vasanthi Padukone, Shivashanker Rao Padukone Similar People Kalpana Lajmi, Guru Dutt, Sachet Engineer, Girija Oak, Geeta Dutt | ||
Lalita Lajmi & Pheroza Godrej At Inauguration Of Exhibition A Pale View Of Hills
Kalpana Lajmi’s mother Lalita Lajmi offered her last respect to her daughter
Lalita Lajmi (born 1932 in Kolkata, India) is an Indian painter. She is the sister of Hindi film director, producer, and actor, Guru Dutt.
Contents
- Lalita Lajmi Pheroza Godrej At Inauguration Of Exhibition A Pale View Of Hills
- Kalpana Lajmis mother Lalita Lajmi offered her last respect to her daughter
- Career
- References
Career
She started painting in the early sixties, when she participated in a group exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. At the same gallery she had her first solo exhibition in 1961. Over a career spanning 5 decades, she had several exhibitions at both national and international platforms.
She gave a guest appearance in Aamir Khan's 2007 Bollywood film, Taare Zameen Par. The protagonist of the movie, an 8 year old kid Ishaan struggles with his studies, but is shown to be an excellent painter. She has also worked as a graphics artist in Hindi movie Aghaat
Her daughter, Kalpana Lajmi, is also a Hindi film director.
