Graphic India and Sholay Media and Entertainment announced that for the first time, fans of the epic film Sholay will now get to experience a new graphic novel interpretation of the secret history of one of Indian cinemas most legendary pop-culture icon’s – Gabbar Singh. The new graphic novel, titled Gabbar, will be on sale in January across all major bookstores in India through Graphic’s Indian publishing partner, Westland Tata. In addition to the book, a motion comic episodic series of the same story will be released in English and Hindi exclusively across mobile devices.
Also included in the Gabbar graphic novel are a series of Sholay Shorts, featuring all-new, original short stories based on fan-favourite characters from the movie including Thakur Baldev Singh, Soorma Bhopali, Sambha and more done in different artistic styles from leading Indian creators across the country. Graphic India recruited leading Indian artists and writers for the comics including, Saurav Mohapatra, Jeevan J Kang, Edison George, Saumin Patel, Ashwin Pande and many more.
In addition to Gabbar, Graphic India is also releasing, Sholay: The Graphic Novel, which is the official graphic novel adaptation of the original film retelling the epic story and a must have collectible book for every Sholay fan.
