We’ve always had a very romanticized vision of pirates, like they were the rebels of the seas, with images of Errol Flynn’s Captain Blood being the charismatic swashbuckler or Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow being the playful trickster.
Being a fan of both characters, I thought to myself, who’s the most playful and charismatic character in Indian mythology who could best fit the regal, adventurous and playful image of a pirate? Of course, it ended up being Ganesha, with a little mouse on his shoulder instead of a parrot.