Wendell Rodricks picks Hyderabad designer as winner of KASHISH Poster Contest
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| Wendell Rodricks |
India's top
fashion designer Padma Shri Wendell Rodricks has picked the poster submitted by
Hyderabad-based graphic designer Punith Mahesh as the winning design of the
KASHISH International Poster Competition. The poster design contest was truly
international this year, with entries from across India - Mumbai, Hyderabad to
Chandigarh, Goa and Shillong; and even outside India from several countries
such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Estonia.
The poster
will be the look of the fifth edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer
Film Festival, scheduled to be held from May 21-May 25, 2014. The competition
asked designers to creatively interpret this year's festival theme 'Dare To
Dream'.
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| KASHISH 2014 Poster |
Wendell Rodricks said of the winning design,
"The stark graphics and the concept of exploring the mind makes this
poster a winner. At a time when we need a change of mindset over Section 377
and new concepts of expression in queer cinema, this poster makes for a
refreshing think tank. The overall impact of the poster is unforgettable and
easily identifiable. Congratulations to the winner". Wendell Rodricks has
instituted a cash prize of Rs 20,000 for the winner of the contest.
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| Punith Mahesh |
Punith Mahesh said he was 'shocked' and
'overwhelmed' when he heard that he had been chosen the winner. "It feels great to win a prestigious
national level award. This award will be a great boost to my future and hope
there are many more to come. I profoundly thank KASHISH and Wendell Rodricks
for choosing my art as the winner,'' said Punith, who claims he lives by the
quote "I dream my design, and then I design my dream". Punith says he
perceives designs from scribbles and describes his style as "sort of
modern, free hand and sketching."
Explaining
his design Punith said that the butterflies represent the flight of human
ideas, imagination and innovation, while the stars depict the infinite world
out there for the ideas to soar.
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| Sridhar Rangayan |
KASHISH 2014,
South Asia's and India’s biggest and only mainstream queer film festival, will
be held between May 21-25, 2014 in Mumbai at a multiplex and at Alliance
Française de Bombay. KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is the
first and only gay & lesbian film festival in India to be held in a
mainstream theatre and the only queer festival to receive clearance from the
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
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KASHISH Mumbai International Queer
Film Festival
Festival
Website: http://www.mumbaiqueerfest.com/
Festival
Blog: http://kashishmiqff.blogspot.com/
