A couple of years ago, economist Kirti Rambhatla, in the course of his official assignments, discovered that the world economy was rigged to help the bigger economies. “I have been a student of economics and decided that I should make a neo noir cyber heist thriller, incorporating key elements of geopolitics and economic middlemen, who basically manage the major economies. In the film, a masked hacker breaks into the RBI system and steals a trillion rupees. That was how Taskara came about.”
The movie was released in January this year and was a huge hit online. “ It was in Telugu and did not do well in theatres. However, it got more than 400,000 views and was a massive hit online.”
Buoyed by the success, Rambhatla, in collaboration with Fenil comics, decided to launch a graphic novel based on the movie. The graphic novel was launched at Bookworm on Church street recently.
At the launch, Kirti said, “The comic industry in India has captured the attention of the youth. I hope that Taskara also evolves to be a Indian superhero, much like Captain America and Batman. Taskara is a new genre. The plot is intelligent and complex. Though the movie was made in Telugu, the content is very international.”
He adds, “I always liked comic books that capture your imagination and make you believe in a better world. We have tried our best to keep the language simple and easily understandable to adults and children.”
Fenil Sherdiwala, the editor of Fenil comics pointed out, “We want to make Taskara a central character among many Indian superheroes. We have used state-of-the-art software to bring the characters to life. We have had the best illustrators in the country work on the book and bring the characters to life.”
