Artists come together to put up an installation of futuristic autos

Not everything is going wrong at the carnival of glitz and masala (and wardrobe disorders).
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It has its share of must-watches like the fund-raiser display of three wheelers brushed by high-profile artists Dilip Sharma, George Martin, Paresh Maity, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Satish Gupta, Sudhanshu Sutar, Yusuf Arakkal and Nitin Bal Chauhan.

One day, the three-wheelers will have an auto pilot mode, completeu00a0with lounge-like seating where a couple can get cozy over a glass of red wine and cheese.



And the driver will ask, "Madam ji! Rock sunengi ya Electronica?" That's the sort of concept you are treated to when you care to check out the installation closely. each of the 13 installations is a reproduction of the artist's thought process.
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"Can you arrest change? No. This is the point I want to drive across through the eyes of an autodriver. I've given a helicopter-like design to the auto. Because, that's how I visualise the future of transport.

On the seats, I have printed names of designers; large font for established names, a smaller one for newbies," says Nitin Bal Chauhan about his installation, Auto Pilot Kamikaze.

We enjoyed artist Dileep Sharma's Kunwar Ji Di Gaddi, a fully functional vehicle with a 21-inch LCD (with cable connection) and CD changer with pen drive port.

Kolkata artist Avijit Dutta has depicted the pulse of modern desis through his work, Pub. This one leaves you with an instant hangover. Done up in red, the vehicle has a vibrant beach umbrella.

There's a slice of Bollywood too in Riddhinrata Burman's Badshah's Wagon, where the artist gives us a flash of King Khan's aura.
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Jayashree Burman, Nayanaa Kanodia and Mithu Sen's Roopmati's is an illustration of fun feminism, fitted with a real dressing table.

The Indian Safari by Paresh Maity talks about wild life, with a tiger top, crown in the rear and a python that goes into the fuel tank.

Any of these can be yours for Rs 5 lakh in the first week of May, when these mean machines will be auctioned by the organisers to raise funds for NGO Khushi.