According to a Nasscom-Ernst & Young report, the Indian animation industry is slated to grow to $1.2 billion in 2012.
While the the numbers are small compared to the $80 billion global industry, the growth is encouraging for India.
It’s also well known that many countries are outsourcing their animation work to India mainly because of cheaper labour. Top companies such as UTV Software Communications, Toonz Animation, Pentamedia Graphics, Crest Communications, DQ Entertainment and JadooWorks have all inked in deals with global giants like Walt Disney, NBC Universal and Mattel to share copyrights and profits.
Hanuman, India’s biggest animated hit earned Rs 20 crore through theatrical and satellite releases, besides mopping up big bucks from home videos and merchandise. Inspired by its success, a slew of animation films were lined up and made ready for Indian audiences. Percept tied up with animation studio DQ Entertainment to make three films for the global market costing Rs 100 crore slated to be released in 2009-10. Reliance Entertainments has invested Rs 100 crore in animation. BR Films plans to invest Rs 50 crore in animation films over three years.
At a time like this, a few commercial duds seemed to have played spoilsport with Bollywood’s animated dreams. Trade sources confirm that Bollywood has had a bad run with Hanuman Returns, Krishna, Roadside Romeo, Dashavatar, Ghatothkach and My Friend Ganesha (1 and 2) with an estimated loss of up to Rs 70 crore. In fact, insiders say several animation films are ready, but have no takers. At least 25 animation films were announced by top corporations, and an estimated Rs 4,000 crore ($831 million) was to be kept aside for the animation studios that were being planned across India. Everything is on hold now. “Indian animation films have improved a lot when it comes to creativity and technology. If the script of an animated film is good, there will be an audience for it,” feels Prasad, owner of the Oscar winning animation company, Rhythm and Hues based in Hyderabad. Suryadevara Vinod who produced Ghatothkach doesn’t seem to be too worried either. “Ghatothkach was made in several languages. It was didn’t do well only in Indian theatres. But we topped the DVD list for a very long time.”
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Showing posts with label Dashavatar. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Take Your Fill of Animated Movies
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Dashavatar: Movie Review
Director: Bhavik Thakore
Voiceovers: Shreyas Talpade, Shatrughan Sinha, Rupali Ganguly
Rating: **
When filmmaking started in India, for the first couple of decades the genre of films were only confined to mythological movies. That was the prevalent mindset then.
Perhaps history is repeating and restricting itself with the same approach since the advent of animation films in India. It’s only divine deities that we keep seeing in the animated format, today.
Same is the case with Dashavatar that almost qualifies for a comprehensive coverage of the Indian mythology subjecting us to not one or two but ten episodes of religious folklore. Ironically this all-inclusive exposure works, both, in the advantage as well as against the film.
Dashavatar highlights the ten different avatars of Lord Vishnu and in the process incorporates every epic from Ramayan, Mahabharat, Krishna Leela and a lot more in its two hour runtime. But while showcasing so much in so little time, obviously the narration is hurried and if you aren’t attentive enough, you could easily miss out a couple of Vishnu variants.
The film starts in contemporary times with two kids being sermonized by Narad Muni (in the able voiceover of Shreyas Talpade) about the ten forms of Vishnu which includes his avatars as Matsya (Fish), Kurma (Tortoise), Varah (Wild Boar), Narsingh (Lion), Vaman (Brahmin), Parshuram, Lord Ram, Lord Krishna, Gautam Buddha (yes, he too was Vishnu’s incarnation) and Kalki (yet to arrive in the 21st Century).
The initial episodes come across as less-heard stories from scriptures and to me it even rekindled memories of those long-forgotten fables narrated to me as a child by my grandparents. The ensuing chapters of Ramayan and Mahabharat lack novelty value due to overexposure but are thankfully concluded quickly in transition songs.
Nevertheless, some editing in the narrative here could have surely helped. The interlinking of the episodes and lineage of the legends is arduous to absorb unless you simultaneously sketch out a genealogy.
In accordance to the theme of the film, the music is passable and there’s even an item number thrown in. Occasionally the storytelling becomes verbose and preachy. Also the switchover in the screenplay to contemporary times could have been avoided since it doesn’t give the film a new dimension. The animation is 2 dimensional throughout and appears quite outdated in current context.
Dashavatar is again one of those films that wins sympathy votes for its attempt.
Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
Voiceovers: Shreyas Talpade, Shatrughan Sinha, Rupali Ganguly
Rating: **
When filmmaking started in India, for the first couple of decades the genre of films were only confined to mythological movies. That was the prevalent mindset then.
Perhaps history is repeating and restricting itself with the same approach since the advent of animation films in India. It’s only divine deities that we keep seeing in the animated format, today.
Same is the case with Dashavatar that almost qualifies for a comprehensive coverage of the Indian mythology subjecting us to not one or two but ten episodes of religious folklore. Ironically this all-inclusive exposure works, both, in the advantage as well as against the film.
Dashavatar highlights the ten different avatars of Lord Vishnu and in the process incorporates every epic from Ramayan, Mahabharat, Krishna Leela and a lot more in its two hour runtime. But while showcasing so much in so little time, obviously the narration is hurried and if you aren’t attentive enough, you could easily miss out a couple of Vishnu variants.
The film starts in contemporary times with two kids being sermonized by Narad Muni (in the able voiceover of Shreyas Talpade) about the ten forms of Vishnu which includes his avatars as Matsya (Fish), Kurma (Tortoise), Varah (Wild Boar), Narsingh (Lion), Vaman (Brahmin), Parshuram, Lord Ram, Lord Krishna, Gautam Buddha (yes, he too was Vishnu’s incarnation) and Kalki (yet to arrive in the 21st Century).
The initial episodes come across as less-heard stories from scriptures and to me it even rekindled memories of those long-forgotten fables narrated to me as a child by my grandparents. The ensuing chapters of Ramayan and Mahabharat lack novelty value due to overexposure but are thankfully concluded quickly in transition songs.
Nevertheless, some editing in the narrative here could have surely helped. The interlinking of the episodes and lineage of the legends is arduous to absorb unless you simultaneously sketch out a genealogy.
In accordance to the theme of the film, the music is passable and there’s even an item number thrown in. Occasionally the storytelling becomes verbose and preachy. Also the switchover in the screenplay to contemporary times could have been avoided since it doesn’t give the film a new dimension. The animation is 2 dimensional throughout and appears quite outdated in current context.
Dashavatar is again one of those films that wins sympathy votes for its attempt.
Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
Thursday, June 12, 2008
First indigenous animation film Dashavatar ready
Dashavatar is the first indigenously made animation film.
Phoebus Media Pvt. Ltd's animation-mythological feature film Dashavatar which is scheduled for 13 June release is the first indigenously made animation film.
Shatrughan Sinha has done the narration for Dashavatar. Besides Shatrughan Sinha, other actors who did voice-overs for different characters are Sachin Khedekar for the character 'Lord Vishnu', Shreyas Talpade for 'Narad', Rupali Ganguly for 'Apsara', Tom Alter for 'Parshuram', Shishir Sharma for 'Bali Raja', Kenneth Desai for 'Lord Indra', Vinay Apte for 'Kansa' and Ashish Vidyarthi for 'Hiranakshyapu'.
The story of Dashavatar is based on ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu, directed by Bhavik & produced by Vimal Shah of Anushvi Productions in association with Rahul Bakshi of Phoebus Creations Media Pvt. Ltd.
Dashavatar weaves together the fascinating stories of Ram, Krishna, Parshuram, Vaman, Narsimha, Buddha and also the tales of Vishnu in earlier avatars - Matsya, Kurma and Varaha and Kalki Avatar!
Dashavatar would enthrall the world when they will see that Ram and Krishna are two out of a legion of ten. It is an odyssey through time, showing the values of the old world matching the sensibilities of the modern one.
Dashavatar is a film that would have instant universal appeal for its entertainment value, sensible content, technical finesse and production values of international standards.
The Indian animation industry today is merely scratching the surface of our vast treasure of stories and the one with the largest canvas is Dashavatar, with its ten superheroes pitted against the vilest villains ever.
Source : http://entertainment.oneindia.in/
Phoebus Media Pvt. Ltd's animation-mythological feature film Dashavatar which is scheduled for 13 June release is the first indigenously made animation film.
Shatrughan Sinha has done the narration for Dashavatar. Besides Shatrughan Sinha, other actors who did voice-overs for different characters are Sachin Khedekar for the character 'Lord Vishnu', Shreyas Talpade for 'Narad', Rupali Ganguly for 'Apsara', Tom Alter for 'Parshuram', Shishir Sharma for 'Bali Raja', Kenneth Desai for 'Lord Indra', Vinay Apte for 'Kansa' and Ashish Vidyarthi for 'Hiranakshyapu'.
The story of Dashavatar is based on ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu, directed by Bhavik & produced by Vimal Shah of Anushvi Productions in association with Rahul Bakshi of Phoebus Creations Media Pvt. Ltd.
Dashavatar weaves together the fascinating stories of Ram, Krishna, Parshuram, Vaman, Narsimha, Buddha and also the tales of Vishnu in earlier avatars - Matsya, Kurma and Varaha and Kalki Avatar!
Dashavatar would enthrall the world when they will see that Ram and Krishna are two out of a legion of ten. It is an odyssey through time, showing the values of the old world matching the sensibilities of the modern one.
Dashavatar is a film that would have instant universal appeal for its entertainment value, sensible content, technical finesse and production values of international standards.
The Indian animation industry today is merely scratching the surface of our vast treasure of stories and the one with the largest canvas is Dashavatar, with its ten superheroes pitted against the vilest villains ever.
Source : http://entertainment.oneindia.in/
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