Cinematography & Production Design
The kurangu bommai tradition is found among the Vettuva Gounder and Irular communities in the foothills of the Western Ghats. Dolls are made from river clay, fired in open pits, and stored in small roofed shrines called bommai kottai (doll forts). No two dolls are identical. Each is commissioned by a household or lineage when a specific affliction arises: crop failure, persistent fever, marital conflict, or livestock disease. index of kurangu bommai
The "Kurangu Bommai" (Monkey Doll) is a visual reference to the —see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. Ironically, the characters in the film do exactly the opposite. fired in open pits