Currytown Comics presents – THE DEITY : Kill 1
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Biju D.
“Sirjee, horror film banana hai, uske liye characters karna hai aur storyboard bhi”, Pankaj told me over a bottle of old monk, in his usual casual style, while lighting a cigarette. Horror film I had done VFX for in the past, so this genre was not alien to me to work. Mentally I was gearing up for flying ghosts and what have you’s. “Karenge” was my reaction. After I heard the story, ‘THE DEITY’ had me floored walled and roofed!
Our creative ‘sittings’ were always mostly held at a very conducive Vijay Palace, the nondescript Udipi watering hole dishing out authentic south-indo-chinese cuisine. The kebabs were getting tandoored behind us. The form and meat of the kebabs, among other things, lent ‘inspiration’ to the imageries.
And of course we ordered portions.
Three weeks later and half a dozen of us (including Pankaj), a few cartons of cigarettes and a generous dose of the good ole monk, we had the black and white typed characters and story in colour.
We had fun!
Biju Dhanapalan or Biju D as he is popularly known is one of the pioneers of Vfx in the Hindi film industry. Starting his career in the field of computer graphics and animation more than 15 years ago, he has successfully executed visual effects in more than 75 full length features. His recent releases are ‘Straight’, ‘Bhootnath’, ‘Johnny Gaddar’.
Pankaj Advani
Biju created 3 D environments for a couple of sequences, where I could place a virtual camera and even change lenses. He and his team would draw me as I posed for various characters, then give them a distinctive look as per our discussions and fill in the necessary backgrounds, textures, colours and details.
Well, the film never happened, the producer slunk away and we were left high and dry with the script and the folio. I will make the film some day, but meanwhile, we’ve been discussing the idea of bringing out a graphic novel based on the presentation, or a comicbook series. I mentioned it to Oz and he immediately offered us a platform at PFC to share our work. Thanks boss.
So here it is, our first post – images of a few characters, one complete sequence and a note about the film. Yes there are rough edges since it started off as a storyboard, hope to make it richer as we develop it further.
We shall post more sequences, depending on the response here, not in a chronological order though, once every few weeks or so. Hope to have a constructive interaction with the readers.
Salut.
Statutory warning : Cigarette smoking is injurious to health.
Help note: To navigate through the storyboard, move your mouse on the picture, to see the Panel-bar at the bottom of the image. The Panel-bar has : forward, backward, full screen buttons. For the best experience, view the Storyboard in full-screen mode.
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Currytown Comics is brought exclusively on PassionforCinema.com via the joint collaboration of Pankaj Advani and Biju D.
© All Rights Reserved. All material of Currytown Comics – blog, storyboard, concept, including artwork, story, characters are the exclusive property of Pankaj Advani and Biju D. Copying or reproduction in any form, in part or whole is strictly prohibited.
Tags: Creative, Currytown Comics, Storyboard, The Deity
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awesome…the deity stuff looks pretty good…and very interesting characters….nice initiative….
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What an initiative…crazy stuff!!Loved it completely.Especially the deity and the art work on the third page.Awesome stuff.
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Confessions from a comic-book maniac: This is so awesome!!!!! Not only is the story itself fascinating.. but the artwork is gritty, and suits the macabre sensibilities of the kind of content Pankaj has in mind…
I read Virgin Comics’(now bought by Liquid Comics) “Devi” title(created by Shekhar Kapur) some time back…. that was a highly stylized retelling of our Indian mythology, marked by some first-rate artwork… it was still very much in the caped crusader mode… and some of the stuff was grossly over-simplified… This, on the other hand has the potential to go far beyond what “Devi” achieved…. kudos to Pankaj and Biju
Eagerly waiting for more from Currytown Comics!!!
P.s. The full screen format rocks… feels just like the .cbr files
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the concept art is cool. u guys have redeemed urselves. keep it up. the storyboards are…storyboards. hope the graphic novel is more along the lines of the concept art.cheers
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the full screen format is looks the best!!great characterization.
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Wow! this is ultra cool.gimme more.BTW do I see the menu card of Vijay Palace in the background of one of the early slides?
I guess full credit to Old Monk for kindling up all this.
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ohmyfreakinggawd. this kicks serious ass. though am not into the horror genre, it is shite i havent seen before, ever. this is stuff mighty maddox would approve of. who maddox? take this: http://maddox.xmission.com/
originality prevails n how! when i will have kids, i will tell ‘em not to read this. hehe. more power currytown comics.
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awesome
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“Macabre is normal, we are going beyond”
this sure is one ghastly grim violent riot.
Was just freaking out on Stephen Chow’s spoof/take/rip on Pulp Fiction and now this…..my day is made.
Pankaj and Biju AWE’FUCKIN’SOME
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Pankaj and Biju … How could you think of such humor when someone’s head has just been cut off… LOL… Horror ho to aise….This is the first extreme graphically voilent horror stuff I have seen in our cinema concepts…dont feel like saying it… but keep it up.
Would love to see the storyboards develop into full featured colourful art…
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Man!!!!! This stuff’s intense….Can’t wait for updates..
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When you said graphic novel/comic stuff, I was wondering how you would display the story, sans the sound effects and camera movement, so necessary with horror movies.
An art like this and you dont need sound effects! Phew. Shudder to think what you would have done with this, with sound effects and camera movements.
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By the way are comic books named graphic novels, just to increase the price?
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Awesome man!! The initial art work was mindbending!! Dimaag ki ma behen ek kar dega yeh sab..
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Fantabulous stuff!! Blew my mind away! Can’t wait for more…
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Boy, you guys have taken care to give it a surreal movie look. The way first the heads of truck driver and his helper’s peep in, and then only to realize they have been beheaded. Must have taken a lot of drawings to entail continuity and to shrink the entire “scene” into one frame. Amazing!
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Pankaj, where do you get all this stuff from ….maaaan!!!
Mindblowing and mindboggling..
Keep it coming…!!!
The world awaits more from you and Biju…!!!
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Mind Blowing Sirjee
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This is MINDBLOWING. OZ, you have hit upon a winner in Pankaj and Currytown now…may the association be an ALLTIMEKILL!!!
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Thanks for the Concept Note.
It’s really beneficial for someone who is preparing himself for the dreaded “pitching the script” !
Keep up the macabre n beyond stuff…
Hallelujah….
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Superb. Just a thought…I know the story board is at an incipient stage, but it would be great to surrealise the setting.I mean real settings with surreal edges.
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Awesome images!
Hanuman chalisa lists daakini, shaakini etc.,
would we see more of them too?????
Passion for Voodoo .com banne vaala hai yeh!!
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is it Storyboarding for a film ,
or a graphic novel ?
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Awesome…mind-blowing..
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heartening response guys. true, its an initiative at the best, we’ll try and make it more than that. started off as storyboard, hope it goes beyond.
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When is Kill 2 coming up??
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@Anand, based on Pankaj’s idea of a non linear narration we’ll have Kill 4 next. I’ll publish it once we cross 200 comments on this one.
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You were planning to film this and release in India ???
Ya right!!
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film this in India, yes. release it here, no.
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Love this stuff,
but just want to know is it for Graphic Novel or a Storyboard for a film?
then only I can comment
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came in late, but this is like a dream come true. I ll stay hooked and might pitch in.
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Oz – can I spam the comment box to get to 200 comments faster?
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Oh come on now!!! Next Kill please!!
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excellent! nice colors and characters. would love to see more blood and gore.
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“Macabre is normal, we are going beyond”
Outstanding stuff. The illustration, concept is awesome. Loved every bit of it.
Boss, this stuff demand a separate web comic edition, a dedicated web page.
I am adding this link to Indian Webcomics Group where graphic artist catch up with their latest work.
Old Monk zindaabad !
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Damn good sketching !
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reminds me of virgin comics. good work
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Why don’t you consider having these stunning visuals on t-shirts!! That will definitely give it huge publicity. I can tell you where to submit your designs if you are interested! ;)
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Very, very, very interesting and intriguing. I would lurrve to watch something like this. Loved the characters. But will be also keen to know how the story develops. I am ready to devour this in any form – comic book or an animation movie. Go for it Pankaj.
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Want more on this….the characters on the top of the tanker reminded on Matrix Reloaded scene
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Reminds me of Frank Miller’s ‘Sin City’
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Anyone remember the trailer of Ghost Ship ,this has the same eerie quality about it, people will be scared of traveling in Highways after seeing this one.
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Waiting for kill2……..
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Crazy work. I would love to see a movie on this style-n-subject. And with Biju D and Pankaj Advani’s methodic madness, I guess its possible too….
Waiting for the next installment.
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yaar…chaska laga kar aadhe mein latka diya…abhi next wala bhi dikhao..
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WTF. This is mindblowing stuff. Incredible. Talent to jaane thus thus ke bhara hai in logon mein.
Jidhar dekho udhar talent hai lekin good movies are far and between.
makes me want to post anonymously to get to the 200 comment threshold by OZ.
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Fantastic! Please take this to as many producers as it takes to get a yes. You guys are just too good. To more like you!
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Awefully awesome!!!!
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gud job. nice myth concepts. it really awesome!
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