Roadside Romeo makes it to animation Oscars' shortlist

Indian film industry has just bagged its first nomination at the prestigious Visual Effects Society (VES) awards, known as the Oscars of the animation and visual effects industry.

India’s first full length animation 3D film, Roadside Romeo, co-produced by Yash Raj Films and Disney, has been nominated in the ‘Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture’ category alongside big Hollywood animation films such as Dreamworks’ Kung-fu Panda and Disney’s Wall-E.

Tata Elxsi, the Bangalore-based VFX arm of the Tata Group, has done the entire animation for the film and a large contingent from the company is heading to Los Angeles for the awards, which are scheduled just a day before the Oscar night on February 21.

“This is the Oscars for us. When we heard the news of nomination, we felt so proud of our achievement. Just the fact that our name and our work was in the same category as the legendary Dreamworks and Pixar was unbelievable. Having said that, we always knew while making Roadside Romeo that we were doing something special. But I guess it’s just the Indian humility that we remain in awe of the work done by these big studios,” said Pankaj Khandpur, creative director of Visual Computing Labs (VCL).

Khandpur’s excitement also comes from the fact that this is the first time that a property created in India has been nominated for VES awards for excellence in visual effects and animation. Though Khandpur could barely contain his excitement, he assured us that he and his team double checked that they were the first to notch a nomination in any category at VES.

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