The whole thought originated from Guess Who’s Kochi Biennale work. Classic Banksy style graffiti, but the fantastic Malayali touch is what really drew me to it. (no pun intended!) For instance, you wouldn’t be able to appreciate this, if you didn’t know this. A bunch of ideas immediately popped up in my head, and I chose the pop culture phenomenon that’s among the favourites. The timing was good, since we were in the process of finalising a home. But though I had begun the process long before we shifted, (in April) I just couldn’t find someone who could visualise what I had thought up. That was until late last year, when L introduced me to the folks who run Cupick, who in turn found me KRACK’N.
Agni and Gaurav immediately got what I had in mind, and in fact, made it much better. The result is this 6′ x 4′. 🙂 (Click on the image for a larger size)
A fictional battle in a fictional universe. This is a fight that never happened, but I’d have loved to see it. So we made our own ‘Thrilla in Kerala’. 😀 A kallu (toddy) shop version of the Mos Eisley Cantina, with a bunch of detailing. The menu, the picture of the boat, (check out the rowing crew) the theyyam style art on Vader’s costume, Yoda’s Velichappadu anklets and kalari shield, the overturned bench that’s usually the first casualty in a toddy shop fight, were all thought up by Agni and Gaurav from my initial thought of a standard kalaripayattu fight between the two.
A big thanks to both of them for bringing a thought to life, and doing it all very professionally. An even bigger one to D, for allowing me these fan excesses at home! 🙂
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