The Torchbearers of Indian Animation @ MIFF 2020
The biannual Mumbai International Film Festival now in its 16th edition celebrates the life and work of the three Torchbearers of Indian Animation, Shri RamMohan, Shri Bhimsain & Shri V.G.Samant. All three sadly passed away in the last 2 years since the 15th edition (which thankfully saw a retrospective of Bhimsainji’s work in his presence)
This special section is curated by Chetan with retrospective homage screenings of their work, an 80ft long exhibit of their life in animation and a masterclass on the art of Ram Mohan ” The man who spoke in Pictures”
“On the Joy of Working with Children” Chetan’s Interview in the Hindu
A nice article written by Aishwary Upadhye from an interview conducted in Vizag which she followed up with more questions on phone.
Chetan was in Vizag as part of the Kid’s Literature Fest where he conducted workshops for kids of all groups.
read the full article here:
https://www.thehindu.com/children/illustrator-chetan-sharma-on-the-joy-of-working-with-children/article30114385.ece?fbclid=IwAR1GRV5Sr7rp5V9760TcNlQowAQ1ItYhzFiwUb1UILRHEgXjFETrXyMK7zk
“The Tallest Tale!” available now!
A new picture book for children from Karadi Tales! Written by the very talented Anushka Ravishankar & Illustrated by Chetan Sharma, available online and in stores!
Buy it now! http://karaditales.com/catalogue/picture-books/the-tallest-tale/
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Swami Ayyappan nominated for FICCI BAF ‘Best theatrical feature”!!
The nominations are out and ‘Swami Ayyappan’ is among the top three films in the ‘Best Theatical Animated Feature’ category!! Hearty congrats to all who were involved in the making of the film and to our dear ‘Toonz’ family!!
The other nominees in the category are KOCHADAIYAAN & Greengold Animation’s MIGHTY RAJU ‘RIO CALLING’
Story, Design and Pre-production Clinic at ABAI fest and KVGC neet
Chetan made a quick survey of many ways of creating different types of animation films from ads to shorts to TV series to features based obn Animagic’s own journey of almost 18 years. From the free flowing development of independent shorts like ‘Raju and I’ to the intense layering of a feature like ‘TRIPURA’. Also covered in this breathless session were aspects of Character Development, Background Design as well as storyboarding and choreography of scenes from films like MAA-AA-aa , Chakachak and Swami Ayyappa that left the audience wanting more tho the time had run out!!
Swami Ayyappa premieres at ABAI fest Bengaluru!
The much awaited 2d animation film, co-produced by Toonz Animation and Animagic India premiered in Bengaluru as an exclusive event for the ABAI fest and KVGC Summit. The screening which started at 8pm in an open theatre specially erected for ABAI was preceded by a short presentation on the making of the film. by the two directors, Mahesh Vettiyar (who also wrote the script) from Toonz and Chetan Sharma from Animagic who storyboarded and designed the film. The presentation and the film that folloed were much appreciated and the positive feeling generated was strong enough to call for a second screening which duly took place the next day! Bravo Team Ayyappan!
Clap Clap Apps online!!
Annika & Sid are coming soon!! A Vibrant, multi-dimensional, Hindi vocabulary-learning gaming app for South Asian kids! Please do look up clapclapapps.com Visit the facebook page and hit LIKE!!
