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Will Kutti Chetan and Friends dethrone our Screen Gods?
At All About Animation, we are constantly striving to promote original Indian animation. Though we have seen that in the last two years, films based on Indian mythological characters like Hanuman, Krishna and Ganesha have been successful and plenty, it is indeed heartening to see a slew of fresh and original animated films finally coming out of our Indian studios. It has been our aim to encourage such ventures and promote them through our blog, website and e-magazine. In this first edition of our series on upcoming original animated features, let us take a look at “Kutti Chetan and Friends” by DREAMS.
Hyderabad-based DREAMS or Deepak Raj Entertainment And Multimedia Solutions Pvt. Ltd. was established only recently in July 2007 by Deepak Subhash Jadhav and V. Rajeshwar Rao. The studio is currently working on 3 projects - Kutti Chetan and Friends, Inside Me and The Trap. Their debut animated feature, Kutti Chetan and Friends, is already past the pre-production stage and into production. The film is slated for release in June 2008.
Its a Wild Wild World at the Oscars… with bees, rats, penguins and ogres!
On Thursday, 8th November, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the names of the 12 movies competing for top animation honours at the Oscars. (How I wish that there was at least ONE Indian animated film in this list!)
Three nominees will be picked by a committee of academy members and will be announced on Jan. 22, 2007. The entire academy membership will be eligible to vote on the winner for the 80th Academy Awards on Feb. 24, 2007. In the running for the feature-length animation this year are:
