'Picture shuroo', the small picture I did for the Mint newspaper, bring back those nostalgic memories from the Sunday evenings of the Doordarshan era.
Initially set in Kerala, my script gradually shifted towards the north when Rupesh came on board as collaborator, as he grew up in Nasik. But the story remained the same, the moments too, only the characters changed slightly.
The last line in the script said "...the movies bonded us all together, for quite a long time...". And that's the essence of this Small picture too, from north to south, from Malayalam to Marathi - movies bind us all in a shared, collective experience.
'Picture Shuroo' is my bit for the 100th birthday of Indian Cinema we grew up with, a tribute to the film-makers we respect and the stories we'll always cherish!
Published in Mint Newspaper On May 8th 2013.
Read the high-res version here: http://mantaraycomics.com/images/stories/TSP/090_high_website.jpg
Initially set in Kerala, my script gradually shifted towards the north when Rupesh came on board as collaborator, as he grew up in Nasik. But the story remained the same, the moments too, only the characters changed slightly.
The last line in the script said "...the movies bonded us all together, for quite a long time...". And that's the essence of this Small picture too, from north to south, from Malayalam to Marathi - movies bind us all in a shared, collective experience.
'Picture Shuroo' is my bit for the 100th birthday of Indian Cinema we grew up with, a tribute to the film-makers we respect and the stories we'll always cherish!
Published in Mint Newspaper On May 8th 2013.
Read the high-res version here: http://mantaraycomics.com/images/stories/TSP/090_high_website.jpg
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