My art piece is based off a photograph of an old Bollywood actress and poet, Mahjabeen Bano (Meena Kumari). I am a Pakistani American and for this particular art piece, I wanted to incorporate some of my culture. I was drawn to this particular photo of Meena without thinking much about the picture. As I worked, I learned about her life and became more fascinated by her story. She started acting when she was four, casted as a child actor. As she got older, she started starring in major films and was even nicknamed "Tragedy Queen" because some of her roles in films had tragic stories, as well as herself. Unfortunately she died in 1972 at the age of 38, putting an end to her career. As I worked on the piece, I wanted to capture a visual depiction of her story, both in front and behind the camera.