Folk Cricket

What happens when you fuse traditional art forms with the country’s favourite sport?

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Folk Cricket is a fusion of traditional arts from different states of India and their respective cricket players and IPL teams.It is a fresh look. It is a bold look. Folk Cricket takes a huge leap by breaking all traditions around cricketing posters and characters. This was born purely out of our passion for arts, cricket and creativity. Folk Cricket intends to remain neutral as much as possible, but if you sense a tinge of CSK-winging, please excuse our founder, who breathes #yellove

Concept

Raaj Rufaro

Content

Shashank Ganesh

Produced by

Sriram Sabhapathy

Artwork

Raaj Rufaro

Video

Shashank Ganesh

Sound

Niranjan Kotukkal

Bommalattam

ft.MS Dhoni

Bommalattam, a performing art of puppet show is one of theoldest art forms in South India, originating from Tamil Nadu. Combining the techniques of both rod and string puppets, the show isperformed in every village during various festivals and fairs, and in some even today.

The Bommalattam puppets are the most articulate of all traditional Indian marionettes,and there isn't a better art-fusion to celebrate the prowess of the 'Thala' of CSK. Just like a puppeteer who stands behind the curtain and runs the show,Dhoni is seen doing the same albeit from behind the stumps.

Bommalattam

ft.MS Dhoni

Bommalattam

ft.MS Dhoni

Bommalattam

ft.MS Dhoni

Bommalattam

ft.MS Dhoni

Mughal Painting

ft.Shreyas lyer

Around the 10th century, Persian-influenced miniature paintings were famous across the Delhi Sultanate empire. When Humayun, the second Mughal emperor, returned from his exile,he brought along with him two eminent Persian artists - Mir Sayyid Ali and Abd al-Samad.On the emperor's instructions, these Persian artists created many famous paintings, including the 'Khamsa of Nizami.' These paintings deviated from the traditional style of Persian art andhence a new style of art form called 'Mughal Painting' was born.

The early techniques of Mughal painting, often involved a team of artists, one determining the composition, a second doing the actual colouring, and perhaps a specialist in portraiture working on individual faces. There is nothing more befitting than adapting this stylefor the dynamic captain of DC, Shreyas lyer.

Mughal Painting

ft.Shreyas lyer

Mughal Painting

ft.Shreyas lyer

Mughal Painting

ft.Shreyas lyer

Mughal Painting

ft.Shreyas lyer

Togalu Gombeyata

ft.Virat Kohli

Togalu Gombeyaata is a puppet show unique to the state of Karnataka.In Kannada, Togalu Gombeyaata means a play of leather dolls. It's a form of shadow puppetry, where the artist sits behind a light source anddirects the puppet's movements according to the theme of the show.

As with the art and it's artist, the tidings of CB often fall in the hand of its captain, Virat Kohli. In this fusion of puppetry and cricket, King Kohli basks in the spotlight of yet anotherspellbinding performance, pulling the strings of yet another victory.

Togalu Gombeyata

ft.Virat Kohli

Togalu Gombeyata

ft.Virat Kohli

Togalu Gombeyata

ft.Virat Kohli

Togalu Gombeyata

ft.Virat Kohli

Warli

ft.Rohit Sharma

Originating from Maharashtra, Warli is one of the oldest forms of Indian folk art. This form of tribal art mainly makes use of geometric shapes such as circles,trianales and squares to form numerous shapes depicting life and beliefs of the Warli tribe.