Loretta Lynn, Queen of Country Music

Pencil Drawing of Sivaji Ganeshan by S M Hadjirin "PASHUM PAZHAMUM"

Pencil Drawing of Sivaji Ganeshan by S M Hadjirin, my maternal uncle.

JAMES DEAN of HOLLYWOOD Drawn by S M Hadjirin

   Hollywood actor James Dean Drawn by my maternal uncle S M Hadjirin, who was an English teacher and a talented artist.Mr Hadjirin was born in Matale, the "Historical City" of Sri Lanka.

      On September 30, 1955, actor James Dean was driving his new Porsche 550 Spyder to an auto rally in Salinas, California when he was involved in a head-on collision with a 1950 Ford Tutor. James Dean, only 24 years old, died in the crash. Although already famous for his role in East of Eden, his death and the release of Rebel Without a Cause caused James Dean to soar to cult status. James Dean, forever frozen as the talented, misunderstood, rebellious youth, remains the symbol of teenage angst.James Dean had acted only in three films.He was born in 1931 in Fairmount Indiana.Immediately after grade school,he moved to New York to pursue his dream of acting. He received rave rewiews for his work as the blackmailing Arab boy in the New York production of Gide's "The Immoralist", good enough to earn him a trip to Hollywood.
James Dean had appeared in a number of television shows before getting his "big break" in 1954 when he was chosen to play Cal Trask, the leading male role in the film East of Eden (1955). (This was the only one of Dean's films that was released before his death.)

Quickly following East of Eden, James Dean was signed to play Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause(1955), the film for which Dean is best remembered. Immediately following the filming for Rebel Without a Cause, Dean played the lead role in Giant (1956). (Both of these films were released after Dean's death.)

M Rezvie Omerdeen
36/19, Harrison Jone's Road
Matale
Sri Lanka
5th January 2014                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                            

                                                                     

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SIVAJI PENCIL DRAWING by S M HADJIRIN

                        Sivaji Ganeshan in VEERA PANDIYA KATTABOMMAN by S M Hadjirin drawn in                                 early 1950s
                     

"PADMINI" Pencil Drawing by S M Hadjirin

     Pencil Drawing of Padmini was drawn by my uncle S M Hadjirin of Matale, Sri Lanka in late 1950's.
     Padmini has acted in Tamil films as well as in hindi and many other Indian languages many languages.
     Padmini was not only an actress but also a Karunatic  dancer of a great repute.
     Hindi films such as Jish Desh me Ganga Beheti Hai and Mera Naam Joker is worthy of a praise.
     She passed away in USA.
   
     M Rezvie Omerdeen
     36/19 Harrison Jones' Road
     Matale
     Sri Lanka
    2nd January 2014

Painting of Mukesh

      Painting of Mukesh,the famous Hindi Songster passed away in 1976 in USA.This painting I found  in a cover of a musical cassette which I bought in " THE INN " Airport Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan on the day  this great legend died.
      Mukesh is no more, but  the songs he left behind will be treasured in minds of his fans.

M Rezvie Omerdeen
36/19 Harrison Jones Road
Matale
Sri Lanka
2nd January 2014
















                                                                                                             

PENCIL DRAWING, BY AN UNKNOWN ARTIST

                                     
                                     An old Pencil Drawing Artist unknown

BALLPIONT PEN DRAWING ARTIST UNKNOWN

Old Ballpoint Drawing, artist unknown