Last week, a familiar face returned to the city. On Tuesday, Jatin Das, a multifaceted artist and Padma Bhushan awardee, brought his 69th solo exhibition to Jehangir Art Gallery with an opening that was studded with some of the most eminent personalities in the arts that Mumbai has nurtured. It has been nearly 50 years since Das left Mumbai, where he studied at the Sir JJ School of Art in the early 1960s and also practiced for a few years. After the birth of his eldest child, Nandita, the family shifted base to New Delhi. But Das is no stranger to Mumbai and its capricious nature.

Artist Jatin Das and daughter, actor-filmmaker Nandita, at Jehangir Art Gallery. Pic/ Atul Kamble