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The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light

Whatever is here is found elsewhere. But what is not here, is nowhere else”. This is the Mahabharata. It is the epic of epics, one that can be told again and again, generation after generation and still ring true.

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The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light

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  1. 3/24/2018 The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light | Creative Gaga 0  MAGAZINE3 ARTICLES3 CONTRIBUTE SHOP The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a W   MAY 26, 2017 6:23 am Creative Gaga SHARE https://www.creativegaga.com/mahabharata-illustrated-whole-new-light/ 1/17

  2. 3/24/2018 The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light | Creative Gaga The Mahabharata has been told and depicted in various forms and Illustrator and Concept Artist, Mukesh Singh, never felt satisfied a story. In Graphic India’s project 18 Days, he illustrates the charact light. https://www.creativegaga.com/mahabharata-illustrated-whole-new-light/ 2/17

  3. 3/24/2018 The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light | Creative Gaga Jayadrath and Duryodhan CG: Your artwork is a tribute to India’s rich Your artwork is a tribute to India’s rich mythology and cul you you towards the subject of Mahabharata? As an towards the subject of Mahabharata? As an illustrator, how the the characters? How is it different from other projects characters? How is it different from other projects that you mythology and cul illustrator, how that you MS: “Whatever is here is found elsewhere. But what is not here, is nowhere else”. This is the be told again and again, generation after generation and still ring true. For all of their vain g queens are human, susceptible to the species’ frailties. Each character is a story in itself and to eventual death. Read it with an expansive view of the affairs of men and Gods or choose y they make their way through life. Whoever you are, you will ?nd something in the book to r personal level, compared to other projects, it was different in the sense that while I was alrea also an opportunity to revisit them. But this time I was not part of the audience. I found mys not just wonder the what ifs, but also act upon my convictions. https://www.creativegaga.com/mahabharata-illustrated-whole-new-light/ 3/17

  4. 3/24/2018 The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light | Creative Gaga Enter Man God CG: Before you could manifest the story in your own Before you could manifest the story in your own style, how understand the understand the storyline? Was it as simple as reading a book, o storyline? Was it as simple as reading a book, o some time living in India and some time living in India and soaking in the environment? soaking in the environment? style, how MS: I was born in India and have stayed here my entire life. When it comes to Mahabharata, most kids do, reading illustrated storybooks based on the epic as well following comic book just that, my father played a major role by narrating anecdotes from the scripture. This was character form a 3D appeal. They had become real and have remained so ever since. https://www.creativegaga.com/mahabharata-illustrated-whole-new-light/ 4/17

  5. 3/24/2018 The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light | Creative Gaga Markandeya Oracle Entrance CG: You have given the Mahabharata a twist of your own. How You have given the Mahabharata a twist of your own. How What was it that you experimented with and changed around? What was it that you experimented with and changed around? MS: The modern audience has a keen and sophisticated understanding of the narrative des volution of the storytelling process that started with the invention of the printing press and succeeding generation of newer forms of communication mediums. Combine this with the isn’t dif?cult to sell the idea of a hyper advanced civilization of a bygone era that could com destructive weapons embedded in something as small as an arrow head. I also trust their e themselves quickly with an unfamiliar cast of characters. If we shift our gaze from the core USP of Mahabharata, which is of course its multi-layered c evolved technology, it isn’t dif?cult to envision its larger than life aura. While other interpret justice to its characters, few, if any, have looked beyond them to its setting, its environment, the lives of its players played themselves out. I had remained dissatis?ed with earlier visual i Armed with these inferences, I immersed myself with world building of 18 Days. Some imag some suggested themselves based on Grant Morrison’s scripts, the writer of 18 Days. It also characters, through the works of others and my own interpretation of their psyche. In 18 Day least as I see them. Their outwards appearances though have changed. I wanted the audien https://www.creativegaga.com/mahabharata-illustrated-whole-new-light/ 5/17

  6. 3/24/2018 character’s inner selves but their outer ones too, which are external manifestations of their i The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light | Creative Gaga Arjun Invokes War godes CG: If you look through India’s depiction of the Mahabharata, i If you look through India’s depiction of the Mahabharata, i vibrant. Any specific reason why you chose to work with dark s vibrant. Any specific reason why you chose to work with dark s ish to create thro gh o r designs? ish to create thro gh o r designs? https://www.creativegaga.com/mahabharata-illustrated-whole-new-light/ o erall feeling o o erall feeling o 6/17

  7. 3/24/2018 overall feeling you wish to create through your designs? overall feeling you wish to create through your designs? The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light | Creative Gaga MS: Impending doom perhaps? For all of their boasts and chest thumping, the characters m they will survive the war. So they go all out heroic, in their quest to leave their mark on what day war. At the end, it was a pyrrhic victory for the Pandavs. Arjun questions the war in the b changed? Bhem Beserk https://www.creativegaga.com/mahabharata-illustrated-whole-new-light/ 7/17

  8. 3/24/2018 The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light | Creative Gaga CG: This one’s fairly straightforward; how you do This one’s fairly straightforward; how you do manage to m What What features and characteristics do you need to balance features and characteristics do you need to balance with across that way? across that way? manage to m with MS: Ah! I don’t know how to respond to that. Violence can never be beautiful. If it appears be when primal anticipation overwhelms the senses. The aftermath is always ugly. A mundane designs in the drawings coupled with composition choices give it that sense of beauty. It als The line art based style may also have something to do with the pleasing appearance of the inevitable fate of each character. I gave them their moments of glory. https://www.creativegaga.com/mahabharata-illustrated-whole-new-light/ 8/17

  9. 3/24/2018 The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light | Creative Gaga Andhaka -Pimple CG: No doubt people are smitten by India’s roots in history and No doubt people are smitten by India’s roots in history and Mahabharata, what’s next? In what other ways do you wish to Mahabharata, what’s next? In what other ways do you wish to mythology? mythology? MS: As of now I am taking a break from stories based on Indian mythology and working on good. If I come back, I will hopefully have some new perspective. That is for the future thoug https://www.creativegaga.com/mahabharata-illustrated-whole-new-light/ 9/17

  10. 3/24/2018 The Mahabharata, Illustrated in a Whole New Light | Creative Gaga Bhem acepts Duryodhan’s challenge https://www.creativegaga.com/mahabharata-illustrated-whole-new-light/ 10/17

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