Karan Acharya
Karan Acharya is a 25 year old graphic artist known for his popular depiction of Lord Hanuman in his Angry Hanuman graphic. Acharya hails from Kumbala village in Kerala's Kasargod district and currently in Mangalore since 2017. He is working with an animation design company. He says he plans to start his own company that sells T-shirts with images designed by him. His parents are artists too. As an artist he says he is inspired by Raja Ravi Verma.[1]
Angry Hanuman graphic
In 2015, when Acharya's friends asked him to design a unique flag for their group activity for the annual temple festival,[citation needed] he drew the graphic of Hanuman with black outlines and saffron shades. His friends simply posted it on social media after which it became a rage across nation[citation needed] with vehicles sporting the stickers of the graphic on their rear windscreens. In 2017, a trend was noticed in Bangalore with the Hanuman graphic spotted across windscreens of several vehicles in the city.[citation needed]Acharya gets no royalties from sticker creators or manufacturers, though he states he is happy that his work is being used by people in any way that makes them happy. He is happy that his work went viral in 3 years. However in May 2018, he sought to get a copyright after a Kannada film maker tried to use the angry Hanuman image for a poster of his film without his permission.[1]
Other works
Following the popularity of the Hanuman digital graphic, in February 2017 Acharya came up with a blue shade graphic of Shiva manifested on lines the grand Adi Yogi bust statue at Isha foundation in Coimbatore.[2] The following year in August 2018, he released his graphic of Lord Ram and expressed his desire to create more art on those lines.[3]
In a surprising mention of Acharya and his work, the Prime minister of India, Narendra Modi praised him for his work calling him pride of Mangaluru during his visit to the city for an election rally in 2018.[citation needed] Later in May that year, as a token of thanks for his appreciation, he sketched a painting of the Prime minister.[4] was also invited to the Ayodhya art festival in Uttar Pradesh.[citation needed] He was also a part of the first ever Mangaluru literary festival.[5][6][7][8][9] In August 2019, he designed the teaser poster the movie Mundina Nildana[10].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Karan Acharya, the man behind the viral Hanuman vector, wants to copyright the image". Hindustan Times. 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ↑ "Will Shiva blues Trump Hanuman rage?". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ↑ "Stoic Rama after Angry Hanuman: Artist Karan Acharya reveals what he plans next". The Financial Express. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ↑ "Man behind super viral Lord Hanuman poster, now comes up with PM Narendra Modi's painting". The Financial Express. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ↑ "Prime Minister Modi praises artist Karan Acharya, slams Congress ecosystem for attacking his artwork of Lord Hanuman - Opindia News". OpIndia. 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ↑ ""Biggest Achievement Of My Life": 'Angry Hanuman' Artist On PM's Praise". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ↑ "How a Kerala Artist's 'Angry Hanuman' Became a Rage on India's Roads". News18. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ↑ Bhattacharjee, K. (2018-10-15). "Ayodhya Art Festival: It might appear a minor swing in pendulum, but it is a step towards reclaiming lost glory - Opindia News". OpIndia. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ↑ "Mangalore gears up for first ever literary festival - Opindia News". OpIndia. 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ↑ "Vinay Bharadwaj to create first impression with Mundina Nildana poster". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
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