Kannagi


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Creator/Artist: Mohamed Rayaan

Category: Animation Design

Document: P3 Project

Batch: 2021-2023

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Mazhar Kamran, Prof. Aditi Chitre & Prof. Jayesh Pillai


Detailed Description

The aim of this project is to depict the great Tamil epic, Silaptikaram, by the Jain poet Ilango Adigal, written in the 17th century. I would like to make use of virtual production tools in Unreal Engine to do the same. Through the course of this film, I would like to bring to light the culture, fashion, and architecture of 17th-century Tamil Nadu during the rule of the Pandya Dynasty and do justice to depict the magnificence that it was. The last known depiction of the story of “Kannagi” was in the 1964 film "Poompuhar." Since then, there have been no active adaptations or retellings for the current generation. With this intent, I would like to use the current technology to retell the story of Kannagi in the best way I possibly can.