Ram V Sutar

I have been part of a shooting crew for the last one month in khajuraho and every morning when we travel from our hotel to our office, our car takes a turn around a very beautiful sculpture. Each day I find the sculpture more interesting.

So one Sunday, which is our break day, I ventured on my own and studied the sculpture carefully. I realised that beautiful sculpture was of an artist carving on a stone and the credit for that beautiful piece of work belonged to Mr. Ram V Sutar.

I am sure lot of people especially the young generation do not know who Ram V Sutar is. It makes interesting reading to know more the man and his work.

Ram Vanji Sutar was born in a poor carpenter family in village Gondur, district Dhulia of State Maharashtra in India. He was a child prodigy as an artist who soon got noticed by his guru Shri Shriram Krishna Joshi who was instrumental in him joining Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai (formerly Bombay).

Ram V Sutar always excelled in this institute and graduated with the Mayo Gold medal for modelling. Ram V Sutar has over the years mastered stone and marble sculpting but he is more passionate about casting in bronze and many of his famous works are in bronze.

He was also involved in the restoration work of the sculptures at Ajanta and Ellora, Aurangabad.

What amazes me is the uncanny perfection he achieves in proportions whenever he executes any of his works be it the Chambal Symbolic monument at the Gandhi Sagar Dam or the heroic size bust of Mahatma Gandhi.

Ram V Sutar has been a receipent of many prestigious awards notably the Padamshree conferred on him in 1999.