Once upon a time, Mumbai used to be famous for
poster art and murals. Even today, we look at Mario Mirinda's paintings at Cafe
Mondegar in Colaba and gaze in delight. In recent times, the Mahatama Gandhi
mural at Churchgate Station is also looked upon with awe. But from the last few
years, not many have explored this art... at least, not in the suburbs.
But that's just changed this week, with National
Award-winning makeup, hair and prosthetic designer Preetisheel Singh and her
partner-husband Mark D'souza at their company Da Makeup Lab, having set up
their new office in Versova with a huge floral mask mural on its two-storied building
wall. It's the biggest mural on the building, with a face emerging from a
large, vivid and burlesque flower.
Mark D'souza, business head of Da Makeup Lab
explains, "At our company, what we do is transform an actor into a
character. The murals depicts that. Here, the art is the flower, and the face
is what emerges from this art."
The ruling queen of prosthetics, Preetisheel
Singh, who has designed the looks for Bollywood's topline actors in films like
Padmaavat, Bajirao Mastani, Andhadhun, Mom, Mulk, 102
Not Out, Thackeray and many others, is about to begin 'Preetisheel's School of
Character Design' at this place soon. "We intend to let the calm of our
surroundings in Versova inspire the imagination of our students when we roll
with the school in September,” says Mark.
Made by Delhi artist Amrai Dua, the murals are
quite a sight for passerbys. So catchy are they, that they can give any
eclectic Hollywood studio a run for its money. Apart from the humungous floral
mask mural on the front, the second mural is of a fantasy-based devilish
creature. The third has three masks, all emoting differently. A portion of the
wall has a mural of Preetisheel doing what she knows best, transforming someone
with a brush in her hand.
“Prosthetic is quite new to Bollywood. But we have
got rave reviews for our work in the last few years. So our aim is to let
filmmakers know that drastic transformation of characters are also possible in
India. And the artworks are trying to convey that. One of the murals -- the
creature -- is our way of telling people we can do world-class fantasy-based
transformations, so the industry should start thinking about it,” says Mark.
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