PURSUING HIS PASSION OF CAPTURING FAMOUS PERSONALITIES THROUGH HIS PORTRAITS

Sathiraju Sankara Narayana (Shankar) age 83. He was born in Narsapur, West Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh, India. Sankara Narayana hails from an artistic family. His father, Late Sri Venu Gopala Rao, an Advocate at Madras High Court, was a very creative person. His elder brother, Bapu was an eminent artist and Film Director. Inspired by him, he used to draw in his earlier days and took to drawing portraits later as a hobby. After retiring service from All India Radio (Madras)  as Station Director in 1995, he pursued his hobby of making portraits of eminent personalities from different fields covering Philosophy, Politics, Music, Sports, Fine Arts, Cinema, Literature, Business, etc. and has completed around 3000 portraits using Charcoal and Pencil. His pursuing of his passion for capturing famous personalities through his portraits has been recognized by Telugu Book of Records.