Caricature art in India is widely misunderstood. It is a style of portraiture that exaggerates a person's distinctive features for a comic, satirical or grotesque effect.
A caricaturist aims to capture the subject's personality and essence through these exaggerated drawings. The goal isn't mockery, but meaning — to capture the soul of a subject through playful exaggeration.
This is a deep dive into Ritesh Gupta, a young artist and painter, founder of Creative Caricature Club (https://creativecaricatureclub.com). Born in 2006 in the restless heart of Mumbai, Ritesh Gupta found his world not in textbooks but in colours.
While other children were focused on grades, he chased the feeling of creation, the quiet satisfaction that comes when a blank page begins to breathe yellow, blue and green. What began with school crayons slowly shaped into a goal — an ambition that would define his life.
Today, as the founder of Creative Caricature Club, Ritesh continues to balance learning and leading — growing as an artist while working on live caricature events across the country. Origins: Middle-class Mumbai, Discovering Art.
Ritesh grew up in a middle-class family where art was seen more as a hobby than a future. He wasn't particularly inclined toward academics in his early years, but things changed when he began participating in art competitions from Class 3.
By Class 6, he had already made a conscious decision — art would be his chosen path. Ritesh learned that drawing and painting weren't mere forms of expression but a language through which one could observe, feel, and communicate with the world.
After Class 10, Ritesh formally took up the arts stream. He joined the renowned Sir J.
J. School of Art in Mumbai and is currently in his third year of a painting degree.