Photographer G Venket has rounded up some of the South Indian film industry’s most loved faces such as Shruti Hassan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Khushbu Sundar, Ramya Krishnan, Lissy Lakshmi, Nadia, Lakshmi Manchu, Priyadarshini Govind, Aishwarya Rajessh, Shobana Chandrakumar, to recreate Raja Ravi Varma's iconic portraits for his calendar. (Photo credit: G Venket)
An expectant mother holding a fruit symbolic of a new life modelled by Samantha Ruth Prabhu. (Photo credit: G Venket)
Portrait of a high-minded woman, the Rani of Pudukottai modelled by Aishwarya Rajessh. (Photo credit: G Venket)
'There comes papa’ portrait of Ravi Varma’s daughter Mahaprabha, portrayed by Shobana Chandrakumar. (Photo credit: G Venket)
Damayanti listening to the tales of Nala from the swan, portrayed by Ramya Krishnan. (Photo credit: G Venket)
Portrait of Rani Chimnabai 1 after whom Lakshmi Vilas palace in Tanjore is named, portrayed by Lakshmi Manchu. (Photo credit: G Venket)