HUNGER: The story of a prisoner


Related Projects


Creator/Artist: Vajra Pancharia

Category: Animation Design

Document: P2 Project

Batch: 2008-2010

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Video mp4

Supervisor: Prof. Sumant Rao


Detailed Description

The inspiration of this project was from a story of drought struck village in Rajasthan and how in a family, the mother is forced to eat her own child and from other book of Jewish holocaust and Viktor Frankl’s book ‘man’s’ search for meaning. Hunger is vast topic and to touch into any area is a swim in deep waters. Researched on the biological reasons for hunger and what happens to a person in case of extreme starvation. The plot of the story was hunger hallucinations of a prisoner and how his hunger for food becomes his hunger for freedom. And the journey of a man through the various psychological phases when he is put through the worst living conditions in a prison.


Related Links:
https://dsource.in/case-study/hunger