Kari by Amruta Patil: Disruptive Feminine Appetite in Maximum Mumbai
Amruta Patil's intense graphic novel Kari set in the maximum city of Mumbai delves into the forbidden corridors of the LGBT community and deals with the passionate desires of two women, doomed to disaster due to their disruptive sexual leanings. The dissonant graphic imagery hints at the undertones of violence and unsuccessful love. Feminine sexual appetite is the source of trauma and anxiety when physicality disturbs ordinary lives. As a trauma narrative in the graphic genre it uses the multimodal medium to bring out the sense of alienation and isolation of the protagonist. Kari is a path breaking Indian graphic novel that depicts conflicting feminine sexual energies in this metropolis, sublimated in loneliness and fear. The revelatory, revolutionary format of the graphic novels with an interaction between word and image enhances the story telling process.
Keywords: graphic genre, trauma narrative, multimodal, sexual appetite, multimodal
