Messages from Bhupen Khakhar - ACE134.4

Caption: "The city of Baroda." Street scene. Khakhar’s house. Khakhar asleep. Barber’s shop. Family group. Cinema screening. Crocodile. Man sitting on staircase. Khakhar’s VO saying that he pieces together things he sees that have impressed him. Death in the Family (1978). View from moving taxi, other street scenes, shops. The Sweet Vendor (1982). Khakhar in taxi. Street views. His VO saying that he restricts himself to painting that which he sees or chooses to see. Through Grilles (1981). Khakhar eating at a tea shop; his VO describes the proprietor, Ranchodbhai. Crowd of people watching the filming. Khakhar’s VO saying that he will paint a friend at a point where this person has become "a kind of obsession". Ranchodbhai Relaxing in Bed (1977). Khakhar talking about how unspectacular day-to-day things interest him. Rooftops. Khakhar talking to elderly man. VO on the nature of friendship.