Balkrishna Arts
Title Balkrishna Arts
Accession Number 1314
Museum Name National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
Gallery Name Art Collection
Object Type Painting
Main Material Powder & Oil on Canvas
Main Artist Madhu Bala
Artist's Nationality Indian
Artist's Life Date / Bio Data

Balkrishna Vaidya one of well known billboard painters of 20th century in India. He began painting posters of most iconic figures of Bollywood industry at the age of 12.

Country India
Dimensions 177cm x 177cm
Brief Description

Balkrishna Vaidya a well known bill board painter of twentieth century India. The hand- painted bill boards flourished to heighten film industries in mainly Mumbai and Chennai. A rapid growth in portraying iconic actors of Bollywood films in 70s and 80s was to leave an ingrained impression to the onlooker. The NGMA, Mumbai has a collection of eleven artworks by Balkrishna Vaidya that formed colossus of hand- painted billboards to Indian cinema.

Madhubala was one of the finest and leading actress appeared in Hindi cinema.