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Sridhar
Das is considered to be the innovative force and pioneer of sophisticated
automatic
lighting. When one talks of illuminations at festivals in Calcutta and in
other major towns in
West Bengal, Das' style of lighting attracts most attention. That is Chandernagore
lights.
By the
late '60s, Das' popularity soared enough to enable him to began to
move out of Calcutta to Bombay, Jamshedpur and even to Delhi. He
created a set of 10 panels of 20- feet-by- 12- feet each for the Festival
of India in Moscow. The Soviets are highly impressed by the panels and
asked to see the computer on which the complete lighting harmonics were
controlled. " They did not believe me when I showed them my mechanism
made out of a motor, a wooden cylinder and strips of copper." avers Das.
Although a display lasts for about 5 years, Das has to create new exhibits
every year for the Durga puja committees, which pay premium rates. After
Durga puja he reuses them for Kali puja, commercial parties, exhibitions and
company
celebrations, wedding parties and finally in small towns in north India. At
present , he has a
collection of over 300 displays.
Contact address: Kalupukur,
Chandernagore, Dist.-Hooghly. West Bengal, P.I.N.-712136
Tel.: (033)683 5292
Mobile : 98310 12523