Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Teenage boy paints to fight corruption in northern India.

Teenage boy paints to fight corruption in northern India.

Source
ANI                                                                           (By Girish Kumar Dubey)
Restrictions
NO ACCESS BBC
Intro

Prithvi Mishra, a student of 8th class in India's northern Uttar Pradesh, makes paintings depicting anti-corruption activists Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev in various avatars.

Shotlist

VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (JUNE 18, 2011) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)

1. PRITHVI MISHRA, A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY, PAINTING ON A CANVAS

2. MISHRA MAKING A SKETCH

3. MISHRA MAKING A SKETCH OF ANNA HAZARE, SOCIAL ACTIVIST AND CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE LOKPAL (OMBUDSMAN) BILL DRAFTING COMMITTEE

4. A PAINTING

5. A PAINTING OF BABA RAMDEV, INDIAN YOGA GURU

6. (SOUNDBITE)(Hindi) PRITHVI MISHRA, A 13-YEAR-OLD PAINTER, SAYING:

"The things that I am witnessing these days give me inspiration and I make an image of that in my mind, and then I try to paint that on a canvas. Ramdev and Anna Hazare are my source of inspiration so I am making their sketches."

7. BOTTLES OF PASTEL COLOURS

8. MISHRA WITH HIS MOTHER

9. A PAINTBRUSH

10. A DRAWING BOOK

11. A SKETCH OF RAMDEV

12. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) MANISHA MISHRA, PRITHVI MISHRA'S MOTHER, SAYING:

"Since childhood he had interest in making sketches and we noticed because of his interest. He started practicing making sketches and we also supported him. This is how he started making paintings professionally."

13. MISHRA READING A NEWSPAPER

14. RAMDEV'S PHOTO IN A NEWSPAPER

Story
Teenager Prithvi Mishra is carrying on the anti-corruption cry in Varanasi of northern India's Uttar Pradesh by making paintings depicting anti-graft activists.

Mishra raises the issues of corruption and black money through his paintings, which show anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev in various avatars.

Since childhood, Mishra was interested in painting, but told reporters on Saturday (June 18) he found his real inspiration in Baba Ramdev and Hazare, who were recently seen sitting on indefinite hunger strikes to protest corruption and demand the repatriation of black money stashed in offshore accounts.

"The things that I am witnessing these days give me inspiration and I make an image of that in my mind, and then I try to paint that on a canvas. Ramdev and Anna Hazare are my source of inspiration so I am making their sketches," he said.

Mishra added he took ideas from newspapers, magazines and TV channels and had followed coverage of Hazare and Ramdev's fasts-unto-death every day.

The teenager said he has full support of his parents who want him to pursue his art professionally.

"Since childhood he had interest in making sketches and we noticed because of his interest. He started practicing making sketches and we also supported him. This is how he started making paintings professionally," said Manisha Mishra, Pritvhi Mishra's mother.

The 13-year-old hopes to be able to display his paintings in an exhibition.

Original Script Date
Jun 18 11:49 (3 days ago)
Modified Script Date
Jun 18 11:49 (3 days ago)
Script Version
1
Headline
Teenage boy paints to fight corruption in northern India.
Services
Subcon
Locations
VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
Dates Shot
JUNE 18, 2011
Sound
NATURAL WITH HINDI SPEECH
Duration
2:26

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