Top 20 VFX Companies, History and Some Facts of Animation in India.

 

Top 20 VFX  Companies in India

1- ILM(Industrial Light & Magic), Mumbai 

2-Prime Focus Mumbai /chandigarh 

3-Red Chillies Entertainment, Mumbai

4-Double Negative , Mumbai/chennai /Bangalore 

5-Moving Picture Company, Bangalore /Mumbai

6- Framestore, Mumbai

7- Trace VFX, Mumbai 

8-Outpost, Mumbai

9-Digital Domain, Hayderabad

10-Anibrain, Pune

11-Ny vfxwala, Mumbai

12-Futureworks Media, Mumbai

13-ReDefine -Mum/Hyd/Goa/Chandigarh 

14- Ghost Vfx, Pune

15-Makuta VFX, Hyderabad   

16-Rotomaker , Hyderabad

17-Bot vfx, Chennai

18-yashraj Studio , Mumbai

19-Maya Digital studio, Mumbai

20-Folks Vfx , Mumbai 

History and Some Facts of Animation 

Do you Know ?  In India, after 1997. VFX is used in movies.

The Pea Brothers, directed by Gunamoy Banerjee and produced by New Theatres Limited, was released in Calcutta on 23 June 1934, making it the first Indian animated work to be released in theatres.

Dadasaheb Phalke, Father of Indian Cinema, is also the first Indian animator. In 1914, he made an animation film about the growth of a peapod into a plant through stop-motion animation.

VFX job has high scope in the future. Because nowadays, nothing film without VFX and in the old films, they used the Camera projection Technique.

Who was God father of animation?

Hayao Miyazaki

It would be no exaggeration to describe Hayao Miyazaki as the godfather of animation in Japan - some might even say the world. Since his directorial debut in 1979,

his gentle and whimsical children's movies have been hugely popular and become key cultural icons

The God Father of Indian Animation :    

 Ram Mohan

Ram Mohan (26 August 1931 – 11 October 2019) was an Indian animator, title designer and design educator, who was also known as father of Indian Animation and was a veteran in the Indian animation industry,

who started his career at the Cartoon Films Unit, Films Division of India, Government of India in 1956.

The First 3d Animation Movie in India 

My Dear Kuttichathan

My Dear Kuttichathan ( My dear little goblin) is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy film directed by Jijo Punnoose and produced by his father Navodaya Appachan under Navodaya Studio.

It was the first Indian film to be filmed in 3D format.

VFX first Time used in India

The History of VFX in Indian Films dates back to the silent era. At the same time as hollywood films were experimenting and executing VFX,

India had also closely followed and caught on. Dada Saheb Phalke's silent movie Kaliamardhan in the year 1919 is one such example with amazing work.

 Indias first 99% VFX movie?

Leera the soulmate is the world's first 99% VFX movie.

India's Favourite cartoon

Chota Bheem is one of the most loved Indian cartoons today. The story is based on Bheem's life when he was a child and lived in a small village of Dholakpur.

Roadside Romeo

The first Indian 3D animated film was Roadside Romeo, a joint venture between Yash Raj Films and the Indian division of the Walt Disney Company. It was written and directed by Jugal Hansraj.

The Banyan Deer: India's First Animated Movie in Colour 

The Banyan Deer was the first major initiative undertaken by the Films Division of India to produce a full-fledged animated movie in colour format.

FDI was established in 1948 to capture the stories of India on celluloid; less than a decade later, it began setting up its Cartoon Film Unit. Animation was considered a great medium to instruct children, and according to Year of Freedom: Vol 11,

the unit was “set up to produce short films for children, instructional and educational films and films involving animation sequences.

Ghayab Aaya

The first Indian animated television series was Ghayab Aaya, which aired in 1986 and was directed by Suddhasattwa Basu.

The first Indian 3D and VFX were done for the television series Captain Vyom by animation.

Captain Vyom

The first Indian 3D animated film was Roadside Romeo, a joint venture between Yash Raj Films and the Indian division of the Walt Disney Company. It was written and directed by Jugal Hansraj.

The First Indian Superhero TV Show

Shaktimaan

Shaktimaan is an Indian Hindi-language superhero television show, created by Mukesh Khanna that aired on DD National from 13 September 1997 to 27 March 2005.

The first advertisement animated TV  Adertisement

' Ek chidiya, anek chidiya' 

In 1974 an animated educational short film was published by the Films Division of India ad agency.

It was titled ' Ek chidiya, anek chidiya' (one bird, many birds). It was broadcasted on Doordardarshan with an intention to teal children about teamwork and unity.

Author By: Ankit Raj Singh