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Kerala-born Sunil then points to a poster and talks about the lady featured in it Shakeela. Shes a big name in the soft-porn industry down South. Over the years,shes gone out of fashion, he said,indicating movie posters with Shakeela as the lead figure. Her movies are called Shakeela movies. Shes a genre by herself .

The posters were outstanding originals in vibrant water-colours,very real. Sunil said that he had sourced them from various printers and producers in Mumbai. Plucked from the late eighties and early nineties,the posters have an aesthetic sense of their own: a bold visual language and a taboo subject. I thought I should do something before this genre becomes irrelevant. In the last decade,Bollywood has been celebrated a lot in terms of its art and fashion. But youngsters dont know much about this particular culture. I thought this was the best time to show it, he said.

So far,hes received rave reviews. People from the art world are very excited. Many have told me that it is an interesting subject to showcase, says Sunil.

The show is on till September 17,11 am-6 pm,at WK Exp,Sheikh Sarai Phase-I