26 Facts About Lalita Lajmi

Lalita Lajmi was a self-taught artist born into a family involved in the arts, and was very fond of classical dance even as a child.

Lalita Lajmi was the sister of Hindi film director, producer, and actor Guru Dutt.

Lalita Lajmi's work was influenced by Indian films such as those made by her brother, Satyajit Ray and Raj Kapoor.

In one of her interviews Lalitha Lajmi said that, being from a middle-class background, her family could not afford her joining classical dance classes.

Lalita Lajmi was from a traditional family and hence developed an interest in art.

Lalita Lajmi seriously began painting in 1961 but in those days one could not sell one's work and hence she had to teach in an art school to support herself financially.

Lalita Lajmi used to take her works and in exchange gave her works of German artists or some books.

Lalita Lajmi said that her work had no particular direction until the late 1970s.

Lalita Lajmi even used images of Kali and Durga in her work.

Lalita Lajmi's closest inspiration was a series she painted called "The Family series" and this work was displayed at Chemould.

Lalita Lajmi's parents were originally settled in Karwar but relocated to Bangalore.

Lalita Lajmi's father was a poet and her mother was a polylingual writer.

Lalita Lajmi's urge to paint developed rapidly in the 1960s, which is when she started painting seriously.

Lalitha Lalita Lajmi's works are held in collections in the National Gallery of Modern Art and the CSMVS Museum in India, and the British Museum.

Lalita Lajmi's daughter, Kalpana Lajmi, was a Hindi film director.

Lalita Lajmi started painting in the early 1960s, when she participated in a group exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

Lalita Lajmi has exhibited her work in India, and US.

Lalita Lajmi showcased her work in Graphic workshop of Prof.

Lalita Lajmi's work has been displayed in various famous art galleries including Prithvi Art Gallery, Pundole Art Gallery, Apparao Gallery, Chennai, Pundole Gallery, Mumbai, Hutheesing Centre for Visual Art, Ahmedabad, Art Heritage, New Delhi, Gallery Gay, Germany, Prints Exhibition at Max Muller Bhavan, Kolkata etc.

Lalita Lajmi has showcased a natural bonding between mother and daughter in her work.

Lalita Lajmi gave a guest appearance in Aamir Khan's 2007 Bollywood film, Taare Zameen Par and has done costume designing for a play by Amol Palekar Lalita Lajmi has worked as a graphics artist in Hindi movie Aghaat.

Lalita Lajmi was a self-taught artist, in spite of art and painting books, she lacked guidance in her style and kind of art and hence, she ended up constantly experimenting.

Lalita Lajmi portrays her women as assertive and aggressive individuals.

Lalita Lajmi uses the images of Durga or Kali on the top of emaciated men who are kneeling, almost as if they were in the middle of some form of classical corporal punishment.

Lalita Lajmi has depicted the natural bonding that exists between women, between mother and daughter figures, perhaps drawing from her own relationship with her daughter, well-known filmmaker Kalpana.

For Lalita Lajmi, nurturing her passion for art and cinema was a constant struggle.