Darla Nageswara rao
Dr. Darla Nageswara Rao (born 12 January 1959), is known for his unique talent in Replica Art.
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Early Life
Darla Nageswara Rao is a native of Tenali, State of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Family
His was born to Darla Apparao (late) & Savithri Darla (late), married Jyothi Kumari (Housewife).[1]
He has two children, the eldest one named as Karthik Darla., working as softoware employee in USA and youngest one Shravan Darla., employed in software technology and working at Bangalore.
Education
He has done the Diploma in Shilpa Vidya Praveena (Traditional Indian Arts Architecture and Sculpture) at Endowments Department, Boggulakunta, Hyderabad from 1973-74 to 1978-79, Lower (Grade-I) and Higher (Grade-II) in Drawing and was retired from The Commissioner of Printing, Stationery & Stores Purchase (Printing Wing) Department, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad, Telangana.
Biography
He belonged to a poor family. His father was a Harmonist & Music composer for many mythological dramas, played all over Andhra Pradesh and some other parts of India. Many of his musical programs were telecasted in AIR & Doordarshan of Hyderabad & Vijayawada Channels. He also composed music for few Telugu old movies. However, he could not make money except the title of ‘Rangasthala Sangeetha Shiromani’. His mother learnt playing veena along music in Hindustani & Karnataka before to her marriage life and later she settled like hard worker as Ladies Tailor, for the rest of her life. In fact, her father was also a Goldsmith and an excellent portliest in pencil works. and may be because of artistic family background he had, since childhood, he was interested in Drawings & Paintings, which led him to join in “SILPA KALASHALA" of Endowments Department, Hyderabad and successfully completed a 4 years Diploma Course named by “Shilpa Vidya Praveena in Indian Traditional Arts, Architecture & Sculpture”. While learning Temple Architecture & Sculpture Drawings with reference to Sanskrit script, he made sculptures in soapstone. And after completing the vigorous training, he worked for the same Endowments Department on NMR basis for the next 4 years. However, he didn’t want to limit my artistic skills for temple drawings only, as there was an increased demand for commercial art. Then he focused to complete the Certificate courses in Drawing Lower & Higher grades, Photography and Screen printing courses and started making commercial add Art works, writing cinema titles, actors sketches. Later, he worked as ‘Re-touching Artist’ in A&R Packaging Systems Limited a Multiple-national company and worked as ‘Senior Artist’ in Hyderabad Security Printing Press. After working 2-3 years in different positions in private sector finally, joined as ‘Assistant Artist’, in Government Central Press, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad in August,1985.
Working on routine printing related jobs for nearly one and half decade, he realised that there is no scope to make any freehand Drawings or Paintings etc., in this job, using pencil, colours & brushes. Then he wanted to do some experimental & innovative and restarted making Drawings & Paintings in his leisure time, along some masterpieces using waste materials are as “SPECIAL ART WORKS”. listed below.
Painted HAND KERCHIEF in water colours, TAJ MAHAL-made with Bindi stickers, CHARMINAR-paper stencil cut with a blade, TWO COUPLES-patch work using different colour papers, FACE IN TREE-made with black colour threads, PORTRAIT OF LORD SHREE VISHWAKARMA-made with cloth pieces and holy threads.
Birth of Replica Art
The hobby based urge was to do something special and different that should be unique and creative, which no one had ever done before and never by. He got a lightning idea of copying the daily newspaper’s front page by hand. The idea was to copy every word in every line of every para as it aligned as where and how it started and stopped. Not a word more and not a word less, and it not just one para or two, but the entire full page of newspaper. The aspect is to use a fountain pen with black ink and some poster colours for writing the master heads, the headlines, the news items, the pocket & the main cartoon, the advertisement and what not! Writing everything that is there in the newspaper except the halftone photographs to cut and paste in their respective places. But the writing must finish without any strike overs, over writings, and without using any eraser to correct any mistake in such a way that it should be difficult to distinguish between the actual machines printed newspaper and the hand written replica copy. Here it proves that the practice makes man perfect and a hobby too can make an expert. Through was okay but not that easier task as there are many difficulties and it needs a lot of skill, accuracy and more importantly the patience. There are so many artists in the field, who repainted master artwork of world famous artists, but no one has been tried so far copying a machine printed newspaper. This typical thought made me to stand apart from the crowd and resulted into ‘REPLICA ART’ of newspapers. Till now he has done the replica art of 45 Newspapers. He also participated in Bombay IIT College Campus, Mood Indigo Festivals, and displayed his artworks during the Cultural Festival on December 20 to 23, 2012 for 4 days.[2]
Award & Honors
Records: Darla’s name was registered in Limca Book and High Range World Records. He holds more than 650 National & World Records Certifications for the various concepts that are listed below [3]
REPLICA ART OF MORE (45) NEWSPAPERS ONLY FRONT PAGES. REPLICA ART OF 1/4th SIZE REDUCTION FROM ORIGINAL SIZE OF “THE HINDU” NEWSPAPER. REPLICA ART OF 14 PAGES OF EENADU ON A SINGLE ROLE PAPER. REPLICA ART OF MY SELF SURNAME “DARLA” NEWSPAPER. REPLICA ART OF “THE HOLY BIBLE”. PORTRAIT WITH STICKERS OF “BARACK OBAMA”. "BIG SIZE VISITING CARD” with STICKERS WORK. 3 POSES OF “CHARLIE CHPLIN” WITH STICKERS WORK. HAND WRITTEN REPLICA POSTERS OF “OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI”. EXPRESSING PATRIOTIC FERVOUR THROUGH INNOVATIVE MAP. MAKING OF “NAYA CALENDAR “ OF 120 YEARS AS REPLICA ART. "UNITY OF NATION” WITH 6,00,600 BALL PINS USING ON THERMACOLE BOARD. "25 PROGRAMS FOR OCCASION OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION 25 YEARS OF MARRIAGE LIFE. MOOD INDIGO ‘s SYMBOL,LOGO & LETTERHEAD WITH STICKERS WORK. BASIC LETTERS OF TELUGU LANGUAGE AS REPLICA ART. REPLICA ART OF MINI FLAGS “MY COUNTRY-MY FLAG". MOST NUMBER OF PORTRAITS DRAWN ON LORD SRI ANJANEYA. [4]
Awards: INDIAN ICON (King of Replica) ACHIEVERS TOP ONE in 50, from Champions world Records-01
"REPLICA KALA PRAVEENA” from Gnaani Foundation on 3-6-2007. REPLICA KALA PIPAASI” from Sri Lalitha Art & Cultural Association on 29-4-2012 "REPLICA KALATHAPASWEE” from Srujana Art Creation on 26-2-2012. "EAKAVEERA” from Varma Book of Records on 3-9-2012. "DOCTORATE” from United Theological Research University by Berkeley University, California, USA on 28-5-2012. "REPLICA RATNA” from Suman Art Theatre on 30-1-2012. "YUVA NAVA REPLICA RATHNA” from Yuva Art Theatres on 17-6-2012. "BAHUMUKHA REPLICA CHITHRAKALA PRAGNASHAALI" and Krushiratna Puraskaram from Srujana Art Creation on 6-2-2014. "REPLICA STAR” from Suman International Arts Creation on4-3-2014. "LEGEND BOOK OF RECORDS” from Srujana Arts Creation on 13-12-2014. "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” from Universal Records Forum at Kolkata on 8-11-2015. "URF TOP TALENT AWARD” from Universal Records Forum at Kolkata on 8-11-2015. "MASTER OF REPLICA ARTIST” from Srujana Art Creation on 15-11-2016. "VISISHITA SATKAARAM” by Sangamithra Cultural Organisation on 23-10-2016. "BEST MULTIPLE RECORDS HOLDER” & 1st “SWARNA KANKANAM AWARDS” by Sir C.V.Raman Academy, on 11-12-2016, at Vijayawada. "INTERNATIONAL KING OF RECORDS HOLDER” & 2nd SWARNA KANKANAM AWARDS-2017, on 12-2-2017, by Sir C.V.Raman Academy, at Hyderabad. “SWAYAM - SANDARSHANAM” creator SWARNA KANKANAM AWARDS, on 7-3-2021, by C.V.Raman Academy at Hyderabad. "VISHWAKALA RATNA-2017” by Vishwakarma Foundation & Seva Trust, Vishwakarma Alliances Service. "REPLICA STAR” Felicitation by Hello Hyderabad Magazine, on 28-5-2017, at KPHB Community Function Hall, KPHB, Hyderabad. "VISWAKARMA LEGENDARY”, Award received on 27-05-2018, at Baghlingampally, Hyderabad "RECORDULA KHAZANA”, given to me by Savithri Patnala on 16-6-2018, at Ravindra Bharathi Conference Hall, 1st floor, Lakidikapool, Hyderabad. [5]
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References
- ↑ https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/indian-artist-darla-nageswara-rao-with-the-assistance-of-his-wife-jyothi-kumari-and-his-mother-savithri-gives-the-final-touches-to-the-portrait-of-us-presidentelect-barack-obama-made-with-33265-coloured-stickers-at-his-workshop-in-hyderabad-on-monda/20781
- ↑ https://www.sakshi.com/tags/darla-nageswar-rao
- ↑ https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Amaravati-Tab/2017-08-16/Enters-guinness/319351]
- ↑ https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/chitrakala-santha-cobbles-up-emotions/article8236424.ece
- ↑ https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=106088865
