This Article is From Dec 10, 2014

From Mona Lisa to MJ, Kochi's Walls Covered in Graffiti With a Desi Twist

From Mona Lisa to MJ, Kochi's Walls Covered in Graffiti With a Desi Twist

Source: http://palakkadan.imgur.com/

Tape your socks on because what you're about to see may just blow them off. As you walk around the cobbled streets of Fort Kochi, graffiti artwork will pop up from time to time and yes, they're guaranteed to make your day. From Mr Bean to Marilyn Monroe, from Mona Lisa to Michael Jackson, from James Bond to Che Guevara, everything has been given an Indian twist by anonymous artist(s).  

Redditor palakkadan has captured some of the graffiti work and shared them with us on Imgur, and we bring you the best of the lot.


1. Bean-acharya speaketh some wisdom.
 
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2. Bond-anna too has a licence to kill. With his toothbrush moustache.

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3. Kentucky's most famous man just frying some parottas in his summer-friendly mundu.

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4. The Kathakali Man, aka The Joker. 

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5. And in case you didn't know this already, MJ was the King of Pop by day and a Mohiniyattam dancer by night.

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6. #DidYouKnow: Astronauts like to dress in drag when no one's watching. Secret's out boys.

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7. Appachchi Mona Lisa just chillin' with a matka.

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8. Marilyn chechi was just walking by with a deepam in her hands when a nosy painter did this.

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9. Anna Guevara, the local mundu-wrapping revolutionary hero.

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10. Superman?!! Wondergirl??!!!! Whaaaa....

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This is why Kochi, that multi-cultural gem sitting in the lap of God's Own Country, is a treasure box of wonders. You go anonymous artist(s)!


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