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Campfire’s latest Indian mythology title is hitting the bookshelves
across India this week. Based on an episode from the Ramcharitmanas, Sundarkaand: Triumph of Hanuman
is a gripping account of Hanuman’s role in the infiltration of Lanka.
This graphic novel is completely faithful to the original, and picks up
the story soon after Ravan abducts Sita.
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Tulsidas’s Sundarkaand lends itself very well to the graphic novel
medium, and Sachin Nagar (the artist) has exploited this to the full –
depicting Hanuman as the larger than life, heroic superbeing that we all
know him to be. The art style employed by Sachin is quite different to
anything he, or Campfire, has attempted before. In his own words:
“I wanted to do something different with this title and so decided not to give
Hanuman the realistic treatment I used in
Ravana.
The narration throughout the graphic novel is very pure, and so I
decided to reflect this by using simple line art. However, the colouring
has been carried out using complex compositions and textures.”
In addition to this, certain pages throughout the book have been
illustrated in the Madhubani style, which provides a special treat for
readers.
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