A Bombay businessman has commissioned Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain to create 100 paintings for $21M (Rs. 1 billion).
The buyer, Guru Swarup Srivasava, is described as a low-profile Bombay (Mumbai) businessman who was not an art collector. He says he believes it is a good investment.
What’s Husain doing with the money? He’s going to Bollyland!
Husain plans to splash a major portion of his fee - $20m - on a mega Bollywood film. “I will… cast all the big names in the industry - Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, everyone,” he said.
Unless dissuaded by saner men, Husain would blow double the budget of Devdas, India’s most expensive film ever.
Here are a few of Husain’s highly stylized paintings.
