West Bengal wax artist makes statue of Sushant Singh Rajput: See pics
A veteran wax artist of West Bengal has sculpted a full-sized statue of actor Sushant Singh Rajput as a mark of tribute.
A veteran wax artist of West Bengal has sculpted a full-sized statue of actor Sushant Singh Rajput as a mark of tribute.
Sushanto Roy (64), state's first wax artist, has made the statue. It took Roy one and half month to complete the statue of the actor at his studio here in West Burdwan district.
The veteran artist had previously sculpted wax statues of megastar Amitabh Bachchan, football legend Diego Maradona and Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu since 2001.
His wax sculpting of former President Pranab Mukherjee occupies a pride of place at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
"I sculpt the statues of personalities with whom I feel emotionally attached in some way or the other. Whose life and works inspire me. Be it Amitabh Bachchan, Jyoti Basu, Pranab Mukherjee or Maradona.
The veteran sculptor also said that news of Sushant being a victim of nepotism also struck a chord with him "as despite being the first wax artist in the state having earned plaudits from big personalities, my request for a plot for a gallery in city or recognition from the government had never been considered by either the state or central governments."
"Both Sushant and me had been fighting against odds but never gave up," he said.
"I had also sculpted wax statues of Mamata Banerjee and Narendra Modi but didn't have the scope to show it to them," he said.
Roy had also made wax statues of cricket icons Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly and both reportedly praised his works.