We aware  that Dashavatara  refers to the ten primary avatars of God Vishnu.  Vishnu is said to descend in form of an avatar  (‘incarnation)  to restore cosmic order. A popular traditional folk art based on ‘Dashavatara’ which has a history of over 800 years, is still practiced in Laxmi Narayan temple based in Waval village in Konkan. There are 3500 folk artistes who have still kept this art alive, despite no financial help coming from government.

Therefore, Platoon One films (founded by Shiladitya Bora) has produced a Marathi film ‘Picasso’, which is based on this subject. This film is directed by Abhijit Mohan Warang. The film is dedicated to all the folk artistes involved in this folk art. Incidentally, the film has been selected at two popular film festivals- The Jagran Film festival in Mumbai and Brahmaputra Film Festival in Guwahati and will be screened towards the end of this month.

 Recently, the poster of this film was released on social media, which has actor Prasad Oak in a traditional get up of a folk artiste. The film has been shot at the location of this old temple in Konkan and stars child artiste Samay Sanjeev Tambe in lead role, while his father’s role is played by renowned actor Prasad Oak. Tushar Paranjape who was writer of National Award winning film ‘Killa’ is the creative director of this film. According to him the subject of this film had always raised his curiosity about the lifestyle of these folk artistes and therefore took extra efforts in presenting their plight through this film.