The Mundu and The Malayali- A fictional docu mundu ary


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Creator/Artist: Rahul Dileep

Category: Animation Design

Document: P3 Project

Batch: 2021-2023

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Sumant Rao & Prof. Prosenjit Ganguly


Detailed Description

The lungi, or dhoti, when it comes to the southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka, becomes a Mundu. The Mundu is still thriving attire because of the sleek, minimal design. Still in wide use among the population today, albeit restricted to ethnic days of campus and office functions. Nevertheless, there is a huge population that still uses the garment on a day-to-day basis. What sets a mundu apart from all other forms of garment is that it is a fabric with context. The flexibility it offers to convey emotions ranging from showing aggression to offering respect, the ability to adapt to situations like prepping for a fight to fleeing from one, or being an icon of political might to being a clothing of the common man. The Mundu transcends socio-economic barriers, gender, and age. The mockumentary aims to establish the supremacy of this seamless piece of fabric in the annals of fabric history.