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© SATYENDRA SINGH
'Protima Bedi', 2006 (ball pen sketch on paper)Size - 11" x 14" |
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Protima Bedi was an Indian model turned Odissi exponent.
She, best remembered as a classical Indian dancer, was
equally popular as a ramp model of the 1970s fashion diasporas in India.
Protima was born in Delhi, the second of the four siblings, three
daughters and a son.
Her father Laxmichand Gupta, a trader belonging to a Bania family from Karnal district, Haryana and
her mother Reba, a Bengali.
Her father had to leave home, because of opposition to his
marriage, Thereafter, he started working in Delhi.
In fact she was one of the most popular celebrity faces in
the world of fashion and dance in the country.
In 1990, She established 'Nrityagram' a
dance village near Bengalore.
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