To artist Gautam Benegal, who first shifted to Mumbai from Kolkata in 1989, Cafe Samovar, which shut down last month, was home. Jehangir Art Gallery was an old favourite haunt and Benegal was one of the scores of Mumbaikars who were saddened by the news of the café’s closure. And his current project — a series of paintings of Café Samovar — is his attempt to keep the memory of the iconic café alive for generations to come.