It’s an unusual exhibition by an unusual photographer. From Monday, Gallery Sumukha will host “Face Two Face”, an exhibition of photographs by Shivaraju B S aka Cop Shiva. The “cop” prefix is no mere whim or brand: Shivaraju is a constable in the Karnataka Police. This sounds like an anomaly, since the word “policeman” conjures up a lathi-wielding slouch in uniform rather than a sensitive, lens-wielding soul. In this case, the two faces are one.

><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'>Double roles</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; '>A schoolteacher turns himself into Mahatma Gandhi. A lover of old films decides to take on MGR

Double roles

A schoolteacher turns himself into Mahatma Gandhi. A lover of old films decides to take on MGRs identity. And a policeman becomes a photographer to capture their lives

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