“Gappiya” a
very famous name now on internet. Tharindu Wijesekara aka Gappiya doing a
YouTube channel and posting videos from Australia. According to Tharindu His
experiences in an alien country makes him do this videos. His roots of Sri
Lankan middle class and matters he faced helps him to create such stories that
can reach most of Sri Lankan hearts.
The Story of Mr.
Marvelous is one of Gappiyas resent works. For me it has a sense of humor and
underneath that a true story of a fidgety youth.
It’s a Story
about a boy comes to the city from a rural area and how he bullied by the
society. The story is slightly different
from Tharindus other works. Mainly it was done by a sequence of pencil
sketches. “Mr. Marvelous” the main character, finds his way to the Colombo city
for a job. From his child hood he lives a messy life with always shouting
mother, an alcoholic father, messed up brother and a sister. The drawings are
done by scrappy pencil sketches witch helps to show his mixed up life.
Thought of
having a marvelous life he always wanted to be perfect but always ended up
being bulled. In school, office and his village he ended up being a fool. After
selecting to the Colombo school he thought his life would be marvelous but it
didn’t and after he got a job and met Anji he thought his life would be Marvelous.
In this scene gappiya use colors to show how Anji affects his life. But it too
went wrong after Richira came to office. When he cought anji and Ruchira at
office he still says “දැන්නං මගෙ ලඉප් එක පුල් මාවලර්ස්“ but with an angry phase and with a rain and thundering
background sounds.
Talking about
the sound use of Gappiya. He use lots of nat sounds to establish the place.
Change of audios to change the feelings and to change the scenes are done
cleverly. Also the accent of Mr. Marvelous helps to enhance the story
structure. It is well fit to the character and it creates a bond between the
viewer and the character. Words such as “ඉංගිස්”
“ලඉප් එක” makes us to understand
what kind of a person is this “Mr. Marvelous”.
The structure
of the character carries the whole story of a fidgety youth and how the society
effects to the matters they face. This is a thoughtful story of social and
political effects on youth. The unique
style of drawings completes the story by connecting each character to the story
and some notable changes brings some verity to the story line such as using
colors to the “Anji’s” introduction. And
this verity balance the whole rhythm of the story.
The unique
accent and the hair style of Mr. Marvelous gives the special attention to the
character.
For me
Tharindu creates a story of many Sri Lankan middle class restless youths with
simple pencil sketches. Unemployment,
social ignorance, botched sex life and many more pointed out in a humorous way
of storytelling.
Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries) follows of four characters who embody different aspects of Mumbai. Munna is a handsome washer boy who dreams of being a film actor; Shai is an upper-class investment banker who has taken a break from her job in America to pursue her passion for photography; Arun is a emotionally-reserved, reclusive painter; and Yasmin is a young Muslim housewife who has recently moved to Mumbai with her husband.
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