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Rs. 101 crores to Husain for 100 paintings

MUMBAI, SEPT. 9. A city-based technocrat has paid internationally-acclaimed painter M.F. Husain a whopping Rs. 101 crores to draw 100 paintings he plans to use to raise funds for philanthropic work.

Guru Swarup Srivastava, an IITian who now runs an export firm dealing in iron ore and its transport to China and Hong Kong, said that he had paid the money to Mr. Husain and offered to buy the next 75 paintings that Mr. Husain will paint.

``There would be a value addition to the paintings before selling it,'' he said, adding the paintings would also help the growth of tourism. — PTI

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