Odiyan- An Animated Short Film


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Creator/Artist: Shrikant S Menon

Category: Animation Design

Document: P3 Project

Batch: 2021-2023

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Video mp4

Supervisor: Prof. Shilpa Ranade & Prof. Prosenjit Ganguly


Detailed Description

This project is about a folklore that was spread across northern Kerala 50 to 100 years ago. The 2D animated short film is about "Odiyan," who were people who practiced the occult art of shapeshifting into animals and were hired as assassins. The aim was to show how the caste discrimination and other tortures by the upper caste people led to the rise of Odiyans during those times. I have tried to convey the feeling of oppression that was faced by the people from the lower caste back then.


Related Links:
https://www.dsource.in/case-study/odiyan