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Trotsky Marudu
Trotsky Marudu is an artist, animator, SFX director, visual consultant and art director from Tamil Nadu. He is well known for his line sketches exuding tremendous graphical value and sparse use of colour. His sketches/paintings are best described as ‘modern expression steeped in tamil traditions’ by his seniors and peers. Born to Mrs.Rukmani and Mr.Marudappan in Madurai, he is the eldest of six siblings he was born with. He did his schooling in St,Mary’s at Madurai and exhibited unquenchable thirst right from his childhood to sketch and paint. He joined the Government College of Arts and Crafts in Chennai in the mid seventies and is described as a ‘quite worker and keen observer’ by one of his teacher Mr.Alphonose. Due to his wide spectrum of exposure to literature and cinema right from his young age through his father, he seamlessly transitioned and became a part of the new synergy which was happening between the artists and the literary writers of Tamil nadu at that time. His friendly disposition, charming smile and his constant search to learn new techniques of expression in different mediums while retaining his interest in the quest for the identity of his people quickly found him ardent admirers, friends and fans from different walks of life. While some of the greatest work of his contemporaries were accessible to common people only through the Art Galleries, Marudu’s painting reached them through banners, posters, illustration for a story in popular journals, cover page work for small literary publications etc. He engaged with people and his work was democratically available to everyone than being restricted to the enlightened niche. His penchant for animation, graphic novels and comics is well known among his friends circle. He is one of the few artist who regularly visit the Indian Comicon. He has shown tremendous interest in conducting animation/sketching workshop for children. He is of the firm opinion that children should be taught to appreciate visual art forms from an early age and dedicated a considerable amount of his time towards such endeavour. He has also worked as a designer in Weavers Service Centre for some years. He had worked in various capacities in the Film Industry. Even according to eminent personalities from the film industry his knowledge and talent is rather under utilised in the Industry. He is a pioneer in a way that he was the earliest to get adopted to the use of computers and different softwares for expressing his art works. However, at the same time, his recent book Valor Aadum Amalai became a sort of firsts in a way it visualised and portrayed the ancient Chera, Chola and Pandya kings. In the sketches of these kings, Marudu has redeemed them from the trappings of rhetorical pomp and ornamentations which people were used to due to popular films and displayed them as kings who lived among people. In the strokes which displayed the confident brevity, he brought out the soul and life of these kings as a symbol of valour, contemplation and justice. This book was well received among his peers and also in the literary circle. He lives in Chennai with his wife Mrs.Rathinam Marudu.