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His father, Thota Venkateswara Rao, was a highly respected art director who contributed to over 100 films, including notable works such as Jayasimha (1955) and Panduranga Mahatyam (1957). He received his most of the award for his Tamil movies. Although nowadays, filmmakers do not try the same magic of set designs in Kollywood, it seems that emphasis on realism and creating out-door sets is going to disappear soon.
One of his most acclaimed series is the Script Series, which draws inspiration from the alphabets of various languages, intertwining letters to form complex abstract designs. His interest in art manifested early in his childhood in Madras, where he often spent his time drawing with chalk on the floors of his home. His Malayalam career started by the movie Abhimanyu in the year 1991.
It is his father who had really inspired him into this film craft of set and art design, which had blossomed well in every film, that he had worked later on.
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Thota Tharani was born in December 16, 1949; Chennai India. He completed his education at The American College in Madurai. He is known for his ‘Script Series’ which are inspired by alphabets of all languages, each letter intertwining with one another.
Tharani has participated in the Design Symposium of the Crafts Festival “Living in Seasons” in Toyama, Japan in 1992, in the printmaking workshops at British Council, Chennai, and Atelier 17, Paris. His ink-on-paper artworks are typically characterized by their non-figurative nature and vibrant aesthetic, featuring a bold and expressive use of color.
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Thotta Tharani’s sets for Mani Ratnam films have been always lauded and his craftsmanship in thinking and designing the sets had really changed the face of art direction in Tamil cinema. His works were shown at Kanagawa International Print Exhibition 1983, at the III & IV Mini Prints Biennale, Barcelona, 1983 and1984.Thota Tharani
In days of 1960’s and 1970’s set designs had played an important role in film making. For his independent artistic contributions, Tharani has received awards from institutions such as the Mysore Dasara Art Exhibition, Mysore Pradesh Chitrakala Parishad in Bangalore, and the Regional Lalit Kala Akademi for Graphic Prints.
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Since Thota Tharani has been given a Padma Shri honour by Government of India and also he had won a couple of national and international honours too, the art director came to notice at last with films like Chandramukhi, Nayagan, Thalapathi or even Sivaji. His participation further includes a Fresco Painting camp in Rajasthan and a graphic workshop at Garhi Village in New Delhi.
His artistic creations have been showcased in various international exhibitions, including the Kanagawa International Print Exhibition in 1983, and the III & IV Mini Prints Biennale in Barcelona in 1983 and 1984.
He subsequently completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) from the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai. Besides the ‘Script Series’ he is well known for his paintings featuring Gods and Goddesses and Rajputs. Thotta Tarani has worked in three foreign collaboration (films) too. Romeo
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He participated in a Fresco Painting camp in Rajasthan and in a graphic workshop at Garhi Village, New Delhi.
In addition to receiving the Padma Shri in 2001, Tharani has won awards at the Mysore Dassera Art Exhibition, at the Mysore Pradesh Chitrakala Parishad, Bangalore and for Graphic Prints in the Regional Lalit Kala Akademi.