An artist puts finishing touches on a wall mural of Bollywood actress Asha Parekh on a residential building in Mumbai on May 14.
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Artists wearing face masks paint a wall mural of Bollywood cabaret queen and actress Helen on a residential building in Mumbai on May 14.
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Waheeda Rehman, one of Bollywood's most expressive actresses, being painted on the wall of a residential building in Mumbai on May 14.
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The murals of Asha Parekh, Helen and Waheeda Rehman add to a collection of existing murals. Here, in a 2016 file photo, Indian artist Ranjit Dahiya (left) is seen instructing a painter as they work on a wall mural of Dilip Kumar in Mumbai.
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Not all murals survive though. Paintings of Madhubala (left) from Mughal-e-Azam and a still from the film Anarkali (right) created by Ranjit Dahiya, as a part of the Bollywood Art Project (BAP) in Bandra West, were painted over with a Budweiser advertisement in April.
A portrait of late Bollywood actress Madhubala, which was unvelied on her 55th birth anniversary by Ranjit Dahiya, founder of the Bollywood Art Project (BAP).
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