Yali Dream Creations

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Yali Dream Creations (YDC)
Yali Dream Creations logo.png
Founded2012; 10 years ago (2012)
Founder
  • Asvin Srivatsangam
  • Vivek Rangachari
Country of originUnited States, India
Headquarters locationMumbai, India and San Jose, California
Key people
  • Asvin Srivatsangam
  • Vivek Rangachari
Publication typesComics
Fiction genres
Official websitewww.yalidreamcreations.com

Yali Dream Creations LLC, known as YDC, is an Indian comic books publisher, focused on creating original stories using comics and graphic novels. YDC was founded in 2012 by Asvin Srivatsangam and published its first graphic novel in 2013, written by Suryoday De and Shamik Dasgupta.

The name 'YALI' (யாளி) was inspired from Hindu Mythology. Yali ([jaːɭi]; also known as Vyala or Vidala in Sanskrit) is a mythical creature seen in many Hindu temples, often sculpted onto the pillars.

Publication history[]

In July 2012, an Indo-American IT professional named Asvin Srivatsangam founded YDC . Asvin Srivatsangam met with Comic Writer Shamik Dasgupta and Suryoday De through social media. They decided to create a graphic novel., The Caravan. It was launched at Bangalore Comic Con 2013, India.

Summer 2012[]

YDC launched The Caravan, an 80 paged graphic novel, in July 2013. The story was scripted by Shamik Dasgupta, and pencils and inks were by Bikash Satpathy, and colors by Vishwanath Manokaran. The Caravan is a classic horror-action-adventure in the trend of ‘from dusk till dawn’ and ’30 days of night’ with Bollywood influence.

Spring 2014[]

YDC created a graphic novel adaption of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's Devi Chaudhurani. Volume 1 of Devi Chaudhurani was launched at Calcutta Book Fair 2014. The team that were involved was Shamik Dasgupta, Bikash Satpathy and Vishwanath Manokaran.

YDC launched a prequel to The Caravan with The Caravan: Blood war. The first issue was launched in Bangalore Comic Con 2014.

Spring 2015[]

YDC launched The Caravan: Blood War Issue 3.

Summer 2015[]

YDC published an Hindi translation of The Caravan,

Winter 2015[]

YDC launched Caravan: Blood War Issue 4, the final novel in the series, at the Delhi Comic Con 2015. Asvin Srivatsangam and Shamik Dasgupta met with writer and artist Ty Templeton. They also met with Valiant Comics' CEO Dinesh Shamdasani.

Spring 2016[]

The Caravan: Blood War was released in Hindi language as Khooni Jung in April 2016

YDC announced a new vigilante superhero - 'RAKSHAK'. The concept was from Shamik Dasgupta and Asvin Srivatsangam gave it the name 'RAKSHAK' after going a few names with Shamik Dasgupta. Rakshak is a pan-Indian name, and it means protector. The first issue of the fourth part origin series came out in Feb 2016, followed issue 2 in August.

The synopsis

Rakshak is a vigilante sans superpowers: yes there are quite a few of them, the biggest one being Batman, followed by Punisher, Daredevil, Kickass and others. The uniqueness of Rakshak as a vigilante comes from the fact that he is an ex-Indian army marine commando or MARCO, equivalent to US Navy Seals. Having lost a limb serving his country, and having seen the worst in humanity, wounded both in body and soul, he wants nothing but to settle down with his family, i.e sister, brother-in-law (who happens to be a white American) and his teenage niece, a comic book nut. Like most vigilantes, his journey towards exacting justice is rooted in a personal tragedy, akin to the great violent tragedy of the Nirbhaya Rape case in Delhi which shook the world. This tragedy drives him to the edge and finally he decides to take law in his own hands, partially because of the guilt of not being able to save his sister and brother-in-law and mostly because he wants to rekindle hope and motivation for his orphaned niece. Captain Aditya Shergill, inspired from comic book superheroes like Batman, decides to don the mantle of Rakshak, the Protector. The uniqueness of the story is the ground reality which it is based on: what if a normal human being, working within the boundaries of a code of no killing, without the backing of billions of dollars, decides to take the law in his hands as a masked vigilante? How will the world react? What real life challenges will he face in his sojourn against injustice and crime? Rakshak is a dark, cerebral, yet elevating tale of one man who decided to stand up and say ‘No’.

Yali Dream Creations also worked on 'The Village' in tandem by mid-2016

The synopsis

The Village India 2023, the country has made phenomenal progress both in economics and technology. A manned mission to Mars has been sent by ISRO, the Union of India has become part of G10 summit and has established an economy almost parallel to China, but on the other hand, there is the dark side of our country as well. Distant rural villages which still live in the medieval customs of casteism, superstition, and hegemony of the rich and highborn. A young doctor Gautham Subramanian and his wife and daughter while traveling from Nagapattinam to Chennai in his car experience a breakdown beside a deserted village while availing a detour from the highway. Keeping his family in the comparative safety of his expensive SUV he walks more than four miles in the heavy rain to reach the nearest village for help. Exhausted and distressed he is appalled to find out that no one is willing to help him, they say Gautham doomed his family because he left them beside the abandoned and haunted village of Kattiyal where bloodthirsty ghosts roam around. The village was destroyed years ago in 2004 during the great tsunami, but a horrid curse remains. Gautham cannot believe he is hearing such superstitious nonsense in the year 2023. However he finally finds unlikely assistance in form of three elderly men – Shakthivel Thevar, the village headman, Rajah the burly local mechanic/blacksmith and Peter the village drunk and bar owner. Both Rajah and Shakthi have their personal agendas to help Gautham because they both lost their children to the horrors of Kattiyal and would not let Gautham share their fate. The three old friends and Gautham venture out in the torrential dark to Kattiyal and faces a dread which is not supernatural but real flesh and blood, the result of past sins committed by Shakthivel’s own family which has now sworn vengeance on all civilization. Can the trio of old men and Gautham find his wife and child? Will they survive that night in the village?

Summer 2017[]

Rakshak Origin series issues 3 and four came out 2017 with very little gap in time. The award-winning graphic novel, The Village written by Shamik Dasgupta and co-written by Suryoday De came out by summer 2017

Winter 2020[]

The Caravan: Vengeance, a direct sequel to The Caravan was released in November 2020. This was YDC's first book since 2017. This is a large graphic novel with 140 pages. The book was written by Shamik Dasgupta.

Spring 2021[]

Rakshak: Crackdown, the second story to the origin series was released in April 2021. The book was written by Shamik Dasgupta and illustrated by Gaurav Shrivastav.

Fall 2021[]

YDC is working with a new talented writer, Bijoy Raveendran on a new comic book series, CodeName Alpha. This is a fun superhero series. It is slated to be released at October end or November beginning of 2021. The books are in the process of getting released in both English and Hindi.

Spring 2022[]

CodeName Alpha, written and scripted by Bijoy Raveendran and sequential art is by Tadam Gyadu

A brief synopsis of the series:

When a deadly threat threatens to ignite a war on the streets of Mumbai, an alcoholic, washed-up former superhero must reluctantly join forces with a mysterious individual from his past to fight the ticking clock and save the city. The catch? This individual just happens to be the greatest super-villain Mumbai has ever known. Codename Alpha is a self-aware superhero epic with all the whistle-worthy 80s Bollywood trappings we know and love. It is Deadpool meets Om Shanti Om – the self-aware, irreverent, foul-mouthed lovechild of the Russo Brothers and Manmohan Desai.

This is a three-part series. The first book is ready now in both English and Hindi.

Audio Visual adaptations[]

In May 2019, The Village was optioned for a web series adaptation to a major stream platform. A former assistant director of Mani Ratnam, Milind Rau is set to direct it. The project is set to be on the floors in November 2021 as an Amazon Original series.

Rakshak: A Hero among us was sold to the renowned director, Sanjay Gupta for a feature film adaption in December 2019.

New publications[]

YDC has been working on Rakshak: CrackDown, Scions of Cursed King, The Caravan: Vengeance in Hindi and CodeName Alpha.

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