From: 23rd to 29th December 2025 “CHITTADARSHANI” Art Exhibition by contemporary artist Dhiraj Hadole VENUE: Jehangir Art Gallery Auditorium Hall 161-B, M.G. Road Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001 Timing: 11am to 7pm www.dhirajhadole.com Holding Space: Dhiraj Hadole’s Geometry Dhiraj Hadole’s work enters the long history of geometric abstraction not through utopian rigidity or formal bravado, but through a quieter, inward recalibration of what geometry can hold within. Where early modernist abstraction like Constructivism, De Stijl, Suprematism, often positioned geometry as a universal language detached from subjectivity, Hadole belongs to a later, more reflective strain of abstractionists that allow structure to coexist with memory, affect, continuity, and care. His compositions recall the disciplined clarity of hard-edge abstraction, yet they resist its doctrinaire coolness. Unlike the mathematically assertive geometries of artists such as early Bauhaus painters, Hadole’s planes feel lived-in. They are not declarations; they are settlements. The edges meet without aggression, and colour behaves less like a system and more like a mood. This places his work closer to artists who softened geometry through experience, where colour interaction became psychological rather than purely optical, like Josef Albers. At the same time, Hadole’s surfaces carry an unmistakable emotional register that aligns him with a lineage of felt abstraction, artists who used reduction not to erase feeling, but to distil it. One senses an affinity with quiet grids, where repetition functions as a form of attention rather than control. Hadole treats geometry as a meditative framework, a way to steady the mind rather than dominate it. It is evident in the way he constructs the wood stretcher, and drapes the canvas over it deftly, almost like one was reenacting a childhood memory, shaping it to precision. The stitched and layered qualities in his work also introduce a material memory absent from classical geometric abstraction. Here, the work quietly diverges from Western modernist purity and moves toward a more indigenous abstraction; one shaped by domestic knowledge, textile logic, and inherited labour. Hadole’s quilt-inspired works situate him within a broader global shift where abstraction absorbs cultural specificity without becoming illustrative of the milieu. The geometry does not reference craft directly, yet it carries its ethics: patience, repair, assembly, warmth. Emotionally, these works do not aim for expressionism. There is no outburst, no rupture. Instead, they emerge as a feeling that can exist in equilibrium, that care can be structured, that intimacy can be measured without being diminished. This places Hadole in dialogue with post-minimalist sensibilities, where restraint becomes a moral position rather than...
From: 23rd to 29th December 2025 “CHITTADARSHANI” An Art Exhibition by Dhiraj Hadole, Pravin Waghmare, Swapnil Sangole VENUE: Jehangir Art Gallery Auditorium Hall 161-B, M.G. Road Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001 Timing: 11am to 7pm Dhiraj Hadole Dhiraj Hadole’s work enters the lineage of geometric abstraction not through utopian rigidity or formal bravado, but through a quieter recalibration of what geometry can contain. Hadole belongs to a reflective generation that allows structure to coexist with memory, affect, and care. His compositions echo the discipline of hard-edge abstraction, yet resist its doctrinaire coolness. The planes feel inhabited rather than imposed; edges meet without aggression, and colour operates as mood. Geometry here is closer to a psychological modulation than an optical one. Reduction does not erase feeling, it distils it. Repetition becomes attention, not control. Materially, Hadole’s practice departs from modernist purity. The stitched, layered surfaces introduce a tactile memory aligned with domestic knowledge and inherited labour. Quilt-like constructions suggest an indigenous abstraction shaped by patience, repair, and assembly, without slipping into literal craft reference. Cultural specificity is absorbed ethically, not illustrated. These works propose equilibrium: that intimacy can be measured. In this restraint lies their quiet radicalism. Dhiraj Hadole proves that stability is not the enemy of depth, that precision can remain soft. These are paintings that behave like shelters, steady, composed, and rewarding to those willing to slow down and meet them on their own terms. Pravin Waghmare Pravin Waghmare’s art practice emerges from an acute attentiveness to the visual and emotional residues of everyday life. Forms, colours, textures, and fleeting sensations are not treated as passive observations but as active forces that impress themselves upon the artist’s inner self. From this silent accumulation of experience, Waghmare constructs a language of abstraction that is grounded firmly in lived reality. Although his works appear abstract, they are anchored in the rhythms of the visible world, its pauses, frictions, and reverberations. His surfaces carry a sense of return and response: every encounter, whether with nature, society, or the ordinary mechanics of daily existence, rebounds into the pictorial field. This cyclical exchange lends his compositions a quiet intensity, where colour blocks, fractured planes, and layered textures behave like echoes of perception rather than representations of objects. Waghmare’s use of colour is deliberate and experiential, functioning as a carrier of emotion. Lines and forms unfold through an intuitive yet disciplined process, reflecting an honest negotiation between control and spontaneity. His paintings offer a sustained meditation on how...
मुंबई। :कहते हैं सीखने की कोई उम्र नहीं होती, और इसी कहावत को सच कर दिखाया है शिला जाधव ने। जब ज़्यादातर लोग सपनों को उम्र के हिसाब से बाँध देते हैं, तब 49 साल की उम्र में शिला जाधव ने अभिनय की दुनिया में कदम रखकर यह साबित कर दिया कि Age is just a number। ग्रीन वर्ल्ड मीडिया प्रोडक्शन की हिंदी वेब सीरीज़ “कच्चे रिश्ते पार्ट 2” से शिला जाधव ने अपने अभिनय सफ़र की शुरुआत की है। इस सीरीज़ का निर्देशन बी.एस. अली ने किया है, जबकि इसमें बॉलीवुड के अनुभवी अभिनेता रमेश गोयल भी अहम भूमिका निभा रहे हैं। फ्रेशर होते हुए भी शिला जाधव ने कैमरे के सामने जिस सहजता और सच्चाई से अपने किरदार को जिया है, वह कहानी को और भी असरदार बना देती है।ग्रीन वर्ल्ड मीडिया प्रोडक्शन द्वारा निर्मित इस वेब सीरीज़ की शूटिंग मुंबई में पूरी हो चुकी है और इसे जल्द ही दर्शकों के सामने लाया जाएगा। “कच्चे रिश्ते पार्ट 2” रिश्तों की उन सच्चाइयों को सामने लाती है, जिन पर अक्सर बात नहीं होती।शिला जाधव कहती हैं, “मैंने कभी नहीं सोचा था कि इस उम्र में अभिनय सीखूँगी और कैमरे के सामने खड़ी होऊँगी। यह मेरे लिए सिर्फ़ एक रोल नहीं, बल्कि एक नई शुरुआत है।” “कच्चे रिश्ते पार्ट 2” सिर्फ़ एक वेब सीरीज़ नहीं, बल्कि उन सभी लोगों के लिए प्रेरणा है, जो यह मान बैठे हैं कि उनके सपनों की एक्सपायरी डेट खत्म हो चुकी है। “Age Is Just A Number” — 49 साल की उम्र में शिला जाधव ने सीखा अभिनय, “कच्चे रिश्ते पार्ट 2” से शुरू की नई उड़ान...
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has withdrawn its earlier public notice dated 24 July 2023, which had exempted weddings and related functions from paying music licensing fees. The withdrawal comes in light of ongoing appeals concerning music copyright rights in the case of Novex Communications Pvt. Ltd. vs. Union of India, currently pending before the Punjab & Haryana High Court. With the old notice now withdrawn, the copyright enforcement rights of Novex Communications stand reaffirmed. This means that all marriage-related ceremonies and celebrations — including sangeet, receptions, DJ nights, and cocktail parties — once again require a valid music license from the copyright holder, Novex Communications. Event venues, planners, organizers, and families hosting such functions must therefore obtain the appropriate Novex Copyright License for any musical event involving sound recordings. Failure to comply may lead to infringement actions, including injunctions, financial damages, or even criminal liability. Novex Communications is the exclusive licensing body authorized by several major Indian and Bollywood music labels, representing nearly 75% of India’s leading entertainment music catalogue. Their partners include Saregama/HMV, Yash Raj Music, Zee Music, Tips, Shemaroo, Red Ribbon, among others. DPIIT Withdraws Public Notice On Music Licensing For...