Ashok Srivastava is make-up expert. He learnt the craft on Prithvi Theatre`s productions like Diwar or `Wall` in 1945 and Pathan in 1945. After that he freelanced for various groups. He devised his own techniques of `instant make-up` and special effects. Employed with the government television network Doordarshan as make-up artist, he also lectured on and demonstrated the subject at the National School of Drama, the Film and Television Institute (Pune), and also elsewhere. Ashok Srivastava designed make-up for many films, including Richard Attenborough`s Gandhi in 1982 and wrote on make-up procedures for stage, cinema, and also TV.

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