2010 – The year Indian Animation proves itself?

Well, out of ALL of the Indian animation features announced to release in 2009, NONE got released.Can’t blame Indian animation for that. 2009 was just BLACK. Period. Projects got postponed, paused or canceled due to the global economic crisis. It was probably the worst year Bollywood ever had – ever.

BUT: The good news is several Indian animation features are NOW – April 2010 – ready for release:

- Kireet Khurana’s TOONPUR KA SUPERHERO (Eros/Climb)

- Chetan Desai’s RAMAYANA (Maya Entertainment Ltd)

- Nikhil Advani’s DELHI SAFARI (Krayon Pictures)

- Arnab Chaudhury’s ARJUN (UTV)

How to write an Animation Short Film

What I always tell my students is that the right way to approach a short film is to imagine it was a feature film. Writing, directing short films is the perfect play-ground for experimenting with the principles of story-telling – principles which remain the same on the macro- as well as on the micro-level: In the arc of a Hero’s Journey, in the arc of an act, in the arc of a scene or a short film…