When Disney Princess Merida is born in Kerala, India

Ramya Vardhan
1 min readSep 30, 2018

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About concept iteration: click me

About Princess Merida

Merida is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures’ 2012 animated feature film Brave

Click here to know more about the history and character origin of Merida.

Top features of Princess Merida that impressed me,

  • Curly red hair
  • Freedom

About Kathakali

Odissi, is one of the eight classical dance forms of India. It originates from the state of Kerala, in southern India. It is the oldest surviving dance form of India on the basis of archaeological evidences.

Click here to know more on this dance form.

Am happy to share small time lapse of sketching Merida’s hair.

Here goes the time lapse costume design of Moana posing for Mohiniattam dance.

Hope you liked the concept. 😊

Thanks for reading and watching!

To explore more on Disney Princess posing Indian dance forms, check here

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