A Kolkata-based animator’s series of iconic film posters reimagined as patachitras is breaking the Internet
The Bride is back. Dressed in her yellow pantsuit, sabre poised, she is ready to strike again. Only, this time, her hair is black instead of gold, she wears a maang tika, and her almond eyes have the typical Bengali allure: this is the Kill Bill poster done in the patachitra style by Saptarshi Dey. The Kill Bill image is part of a series of 10 posters of iconic movies like Star Wars, Titanic, Godfather, E.T., King Kong, among others, reimagined as patachitras by Dey — even the giant ape atop the Empire State building has the potol-chera (sliced pointed gourd, if you like) eye made famous by Jamini Roy’s paintings. Some of the posters have tiny alpona patterns in the background, also characteristic of Jamini Roy.
Dey’s posters have gone viral, with more than 3,000…