MF Hussain and Bhushan were colleagues and good friends from their early years as artists. Hussain would often visit Hyderabad and they would talk excitedly about their work.
This group photo was taken when M.F. Husain visited the College of Fina Arts in Hyderabad. Vidya Bhushan was Head of the Painting Dept.
Sitting second from left is Sherif, art history teacher and standing second from right is Daroz Panduranga, who is now India’s well known ceramist.
From left to right: Saadat Ali, Syed Bin Mohammad, M.F. Hussain, Vidya Bhushan
Like M.F. Husain, Saadat Ali was an artist and a famous sign board painter in Hyderabad. He was known for painting a huge poster for the film Ganga Jamuna (1961), starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjanthimala, where just the heroine’s nose measured 9 feet. Saadat Ali was a student at the College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad in the 60’s