Quicksilver brush, Maqbool Fida Husain, has a busy 12 months ahead. But, with an anticipated Rs 100 crore coming his way, why would he care? The country's premier artist (we think so), the veteran of innumerable canvases ranging from his trademark horses to filmi tributes to Madhuri Dixit and Tabu, has done it - again. The deal was signed with Guru Swarup Srivastava of the Swarup Group (annual turnover, Rs 500 crore) - 100 paintings on the theme 'Planet' to be completed within a year (no problem for quicksilver). This is the great part.

The downer? Husain intends to invest the money in producing films. His kind of films!