Images posted on Instagram by Samantha and Shruti Haasan.

Photographer G Venket Ram has brought acclaimed artist Raja Ravi Varma's paintings to life for his 2020 calendar that has been making headlines for its brilliant pictures. 11 personalities including actors and dancers turned models for Venket Ram and dressed up like the muses of Raja Ravi Varma's artistic works.

Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Shruti Haasan, Khushbu Sundar, Ramya Krishnan, Lissy Lakshmi, Nadia, Lakshmi Manchu, Priyadarshini Govind, Shobana Chandrakumar, Aishwarya Rajessh and Chamundeshwari recreated Raja Ravi Varma's portraits and were photographed by Venket Ram for his calendar.

Shruti Haasan featured twice in the calendar - as Radha in moonlight and as the Rani of Kurupam. Samantha appeared as an "expectant mother holding a fruit symbolic of a new life". Aishwarya Rajessh portrayed a "a high minded woman, the Rani of Pudukottai" and Khushbu Sundar featured as a "Maharashtrian lady after a temple visit".

See pictures from the calendar here:

Samantha Ruth Prabhu shared her picture from the calendar on Instagram and said, "Always the best working with you @venketramg... recreating Ravi varmas work for NAAM. So glad I could be a part of this meaningful project."

Shruti Haasan also said that shooting for the calendar was an "incredible experience" and that it was "such an honour to be associated with this cause".

G Venket Ram is a renowned celebrity and fashion photographer.

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