About UsNagappa Studios was started in the year 1911. It is situated on Mount Road,
Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu state, India. Mount Road is one of the oldest and busiest streets in the country. The Studio is surrounded by tall corporate buildings, complexes and Government Offices. It has and continues to be a unique landmark. |
About the OwnerI have known Kishore personally for several years now. He talks little about himself, so I found it a problem to elicit information about his early years from him. Ironically, none of his siblings seem to have known him well as a child as he lived a very different life from theirs. All they remember is that they would tease him because he would not join in their play. The following is all I have managed to gather about him.
Kishore was born on 17 December 1966 as the third of four children in the illustrious Nagappa family. His grandfather, Late M.S. Nagappa, and father, Late Jayaram Nagappa, were master sculptors and artists. Kishore was the only one in his generation that exhibited signs of naturally possessing the sculptor acumen.
By the age of eight, while boys his age rode bicycles and played hide-and-seek, Kishore spent time in the studio with his grandfather and father, keenly observing them as they made statues. As his father gave finishing touches to the front of the statue, Kishore would work on the rear. He was less than 12 when he moulded a fine figure of the Mahatma out of mud – to him, it was child’s play. He did not undergo any formal training in sculpting. His father always believed that if it was in him to become a sculptor, he would – no training could ‘make’ a sculptor. Fortunately, living on the studio premises gave him long hours to spend with the statues.
He started regular schooling in St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School and graduated in Economics from Loyola College, Chennai. All through these years, he continued to assist his father and grandfather as they made moulds and sculptures. His natural instinct and skill was honed finer and finer during this time. Not surprisingly, his heart lay far from the formal education he underwent. He returned to his childhood game and hobby and made it his profession. He took over the studio.
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 | Fact Sheet | | | Year of Establishment | : | 1911 | | Nature of Business | : | Manufacturer, Exporter | | Major Markets | : | Indian Subcontinent |
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Contact Details| | Company Name:
| Nagappa Sculptors | | Contact Person: | Mr. Kishore J. Nagappa | | Telephone: | +(91)-(44)-28418219 / 24402827
| | Mobile / Cell Phone: | +(91)-9840024030 | | Fax No: | +(91)-(44)-28516992 | | Address: | 34 & 35, Narasingapuram Street, Mount Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600002 (India) |
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