Revival of Ganjifa card game


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Creator/Artist: Kunal Khawaskar

Category: Communication Design

Document: P3 Project

Batch: 2021-2023

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Deepa Balsavar


Detailed Description

I discovered that the traditional card game of ganjifa was at risk of being forgotten. ­This realisation inspired me to find a solution to revive this beautiful, hand-painted card game in India. As my project progressed, I decided to focus on creating a design solution that would make Ganjifa gameplay more accessible so that more people can play it. Because the best way to revive a game is to play it. However, one major obstacle with the ganjifa card game was that very few people actually knew how to play it. Fortunately, I was able to connect with Jue Taware, a researcher at INTACH in Pune, who helped me understand the gameplay better. After much consideration, I decided to create a video to help provide games rules for Ganjifa in India.