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Rajasekharan Parameswaran
Rajasekharan Parameswaran (born 1964), also known as Marthandam Rajasekharan, is an Indian art director and self-taught painter from Tamil Nadu. He holds two Guinness World Records. Personal lifeBorn in 1964, Parameswaran lives in Kaliyakkavilai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is married and has two daughters.[1] Career Parameswaran has pursued a diverse career path, including roles as a statistics compiler, receptionist, medical representative, and teacher, before transitioning into the arts. Although he has no formal training, Parameswaran developed his own artistic style through self-instruction in pencil sketching and oil painting. He made his film industry debut as an assistant director in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 2002 film, Nizhalkuthu. His first project as an art director was the 2007 film Naalu Pennungal, also directed by Gopalakrishnan. Over the years, Parameswaran has served as an art director for several films, including Oru Pennum Randaanum (2008), Magizhchi (2010), and Pinneyum (2016).[1][2] In 2008, Parameswaran received a Guinness World Record for creating the largest easel painting. It is a portrait of former chief minister of Kerala Elamkulam Namboodiripad, measuring 25' height and 50' width, and is held by a 56.5' high and 31' wide easel on National Highway 47 near Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.[2][3] Two years later, it was included in the Limca Book of Records.[4] In 2017, Parameswaran built "The Largest Devil's Knot (Edaakoodam)", a type of Burr puzzle, with each piece of the puzzle measuring 24' x 2' x 2', unveiled on 27 December 2017 at The Ravis Hotels and Resorts, Kollam, Kerala.[5] In 2010, he won the Bikhuram National Award for his painting of Mahatma Gandhi and the same year, for a painting of Fidel Castro, he won an online art contest organised by the ArtSlant International.[6][1] In 2015, his works were featured at Elegance Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and included a portrait of Adhiletchumy Natrajan, titled Bliss. Bliss had previously been featured at the Vienna International Exhibition (2013).[7][8] One of his paintings, Bhayanakam, was featured at Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, and sold. Parameswaran donated the proceeds to a relief fund for people affected by Cyclone Thane, which struck the Indian subcontinent in 2011.[4] Parameswaran has made portraits of Mother Teresa, Abdul Kalam, Richard Branson, and Najib Razak, among many others.[2][7] Filmography
Selected exhibitions
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