Zoya Akhtar

IR2028

Gandhari's Chakravyuh

Boon or curse? Red or blue? Mahaharat's Gandhari has long been interpreted as "Kaurava's mother" and the "Alba Naari" who, out of love, blindfolded herself. Was it, however, out of love or defiance against her forced marriage? This initiative offers a glimpse into Gandhari's obscure existence from the perspective of "The Matrix" film, spanning from her boon of bearing 100 sons to her curse on the Yadav family which ecoes destiny, sacrifice, and cyclic violence.


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A collection of movie stills by various filmmakers drawn on PROcreate in order to analyze and evaluate various aspects of the settings and themes.

Interpreting Films : Bahubali & Matrix.

Visual Diary : 4 Day Trip to Mumbai.

Experiential Narrative : Mumbai Storyboard in Context to Matrix.

Character Design Of Gandhari in context to Morpheus.

Gandhari & Duryodhana : An isolated basement space below Gandhari's lab where she removes her blindfold to give Duroyodhana her powers.

Gandhari's Lab: Gandhari gives birth to a ball of meat which she then cuts up and preserves in pods for them to grow into humans.

Gandhari Weds Dhritarashtra: An unhappy atmosphere when Gandhari realises her husband is blind and has imprisoned her father and brothers for lying about Gandhari being "Manglik".

Gandhari's Curse: The temple where Gandhari curses Krishna and the Yadav clan to perish as she blames him for her sons' deaths.

Gandhari's Curse : 3D Model.