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Sapiens Of Art, Mumbai (2026)

10/04/2020

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I explored myself through various dance styles Viz. Old school, Krump, Breaking, Urban choreographies and Bollywood. One fine day we decided to practice back flips. It was my first attempt at back flips but I had a good hand on back handspring. I tried my first back flip with the help of crew members and it was a success. I was then asked to try the second time. This time I landed straight on my left ankle.
The next thing I see is my left ankle and foot hanging as if it was attached to a hanger. I couldn’t digest the fact that I was a part of this incident. I even begged to play music because in my head I could still dance.
I was rushed to the hospital. I was then told that I will have to undergo a surgery wherein they would insert a plate. Throughout the surgery I kept asking my doctor whether I could dance again. He said yes. Guess what? The doctor did not seem to pay attention. My leg got infected. 11 days from my first surgery, I had a second surgery. My parents were asked to sign a document which asked their permission to amputate my leg to save my life. My father didn't sign it. He said he won't and asked the doctor to do his part right this time or else he would file a case against him ( this took place in Fortis ). I had my 3rd surgery. The doctor kept saying that my leg had to be amputated.
I underwent a 4th surgery where he could see some positive signs. They decided not to amputate but rather go for a skin grafting surgery as I had lost all the skin from my ankle. The last and 5th surgery was grafting, wherein they extracted a patch of skin from my thigh and grafted to my ankle. It was not over for me. I realised, in this entire process I had fallen in the arms of depression. A journey of 11 months. Doctors were 100% sure that I could never dance ever again. I was devastated.
I thank my stars to have such amazing friends and family who tried their best to bring me back to life. For the next one year I only watched dance hall documentaries. Without physiotherapy I had started to walk again. Kid you not. It was extremely painful. Guess what?
I am back to my normal life and regularly train.
@ Mumbai, Maharashtra

18/03/2020

PAINTER & GRAPHIC DESIGNER🎨 .sushil.yadav 😊
The first thing a kid learns to do is draw!
It's a basic way to express whatever they're feeling and an artist is someone who never lets that kid in him die.
I think I started painting when I started feeling. We all draw, we all express. Just like that when I used to express, I think my parents noticed that I was quite good at it.
For me, Painting is where I feel alive. Unlike others, I never dreamt of becoming an engineer or a doctor. I didn't even know if I wanted to be an artist, I just knew I had to paint. Whatever that I could see and whatever I could not.
After my HSC(science), I told my parents that I wanted to pursue Painting. My father refused. I was upset, but secretly I had decided that I would learn Painting and started working towards it. Just like everyone else, I wanted to learn it from JJ school of arts, but I couldn't make it. Luckily, I landed in Nashik - City of watercolors. I learned all I could in 4 years of graduation, learned to handle watercolors (I was scared of them😜). I also won a number of awards in various watercolor landscape competitions.
The moment I returned to Thane, I did a course in Graphic Designing and made my way in the Marathi film industry. Now I design posters and designs for Marathi movies and paint whenever I can!
I wouldn't say the journey was easy and I wouldn't say that I've reached where I wanted to, but I'm not ready to give up, not yet!
@ Thane

07/10/2019

Lights Camera Action🎬

Introducing 🌼
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Story telling is a world in itself. It gives you the ability to birth, create and build magic. I've always had a passion for films and film making. I only started working in this field about 3 years ago. I enjoy directing films because it gives me the scope to execute what I have envisioned, and visually bring that magic to my viewers.

I love doing scripts that have a strong social and moral message. Something that'll change a life. Nothing drastic. I believe any art, if it can positively transform a life by 1 percent, has fulfilled its purpose.The thrill of standing on set and watching each scene get created, all the way from creating the situation to getting the actors play the part, it all feels like a puzzle that's being put together slowly yet beautifully.

Witnessing raw footage get transformed into a story and then seeing it's colours being brought to life on the post table, gives you a certain sense of power. It tells you that as humans you're blessed with senses that allow you to create.

Film making is a journey where you actually see a small seed grow into a tree. But then again, isn't this true to any art? We create for ourselves and somehow through the journey, it gets shared with the world.

17/08/2019

Introducing one of my favorite humans❤️

- Singer and Musician🎻
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You have to learn to trust your voice. Listening to musical artists as a kid, I aspired to sound like the people in the recordings and to perform like them on stage. I didn’t just want to sound like them. I wanted to BE them. I had a knack for picking up an instrument and figuring out quickly how it worked, and I thought I could similarly snap my fingers and create something that everyone would coming running to hear. As much as I wanted to pick up my guitar and sing a song that I wrote and start getting gigs everywhere. I found that when I played violin, that’s when people really started to listen. As I learned to trust that this was the instrument that most spoke the language of my soul at the time, I poured myself into that idea and other avenues started opening up. It took work but I was also able to eventually find my voice playing other instruments. Sometimes the things we most struggle with are the things with the most to teach us. I have learned to tap into my strengths rather than focus on my weaknesses.

Education has been a huge part of my process and development as an artist, being both a student and a teacher. Encouraging others to find their own voice has increased my own strength many times over. I am thankful for the teachers I’ve had, especially the ones that I have struggled with. These experiences have allowed me to tap into the wellspring of creative forces within me and to build on the sounds and vibrations of those who came before, those who sing around and with me and to the spirit of the divine creative presence in the universe.

@ Los Angeles, California

06/08/2019

Cheers to our very own Autumn Miller ☺️

Introducing 🔥

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When I started to dance, I had no idea about it or the kind of hard work it would require to be an artist. Sit up , push-up or squats were never a part of my dancing dictionary . I had zero body awareness and that somehow gave me the definition of being a bad dancer. I worked a lot on my flexibility and but never worked on my strength. That again made me a bad dancer in people’s eyes. One day, my teacher told me that I could not dance and should leave dancing. ‘It is not for you’ he quoted. He yelled at me in front of all my batch mates and friends for about an hour and I couldn’t stop crying.

As a child, I’ve always suffered with anxiety and low self-esteem. What my teacher said took a toll on me and I left training and dancing for about 2 years. Then I found the courage to dance again. So I joined a ballet class and I haven’t looked back ever since. This is what I love. This is me. no matter how many people tell me that it’s not. I still suffer from anxiety and lack of self-confidence, but I’m a work in progress and the joy is simply in the climb itself.

@ Mumbai, Maharashtra

07/06/2019

Give it up for 👌🏻
Actor and Film-maker🎥

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Back in the day when I was younger, I had decided to become a performing artist. I've been a filmy kid, waiting for an opportunity to perform for the audience. As dramatic as it may sound, I wrote a letter to my father saying I wanted to pursue acting as my career. I also expressed how passionate I was about performing. To my surprise, he jumped at the idea. Since then he has been supporting me in all my endeavours.

Since that day, the quest for being completely ready for 'THE' opportunity began. I started to learn the kind of skills which were necessary to become a complete packaged performer and an entertainer. Be it acting (which should be the top most priority frankly), dance, martial arts, diction, speech, sports and ultimately followed by film making. I'm a graduate from a film school and that's how I started using my training to create short films and showcase myself as an actor. Smart isn’t it? I mean I wouldn't have to wait for someone to give me an opportunity to showcase my talent. Guess what? People from the industry began to offer me work. Not only as a performer in front of the camera but also as a crew member behind the camera.

I can proudly say, today I'm an actor/ a dubbing artist /short film maker/ freelance writer all rolled into one. Now coming to the point, having this multi-faceted approach towards art has helped me to spot another artist from a distance. It has become my second nature. I have to say, as artists we need to look out for each other and grow together. Only then will the fraternity as a whole thrive. The most important gift that you have as an artist is sensitivity. Never lose it. Be proud of it.

@ Mumbai, Maharashtra

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