{"id":4568,"date":"2018-08-21T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T11:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toolbox-studio.com\/blog\/?p=4568"},"modified":"2018-08-21T11:41:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T11:41:26","slug":"the-evolution-of-animation-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblog.toolbox-studio.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/21\/the-evolution-of-animation-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"The Evolution of Animation in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Animation is not the first thought that comes to mind when you think of the film industry in India. In fact, until fairly recently, animated films weren\u2019t something you thought about at all in the Indian context. Indeed, even for most millennials, animated movies while growing up were \u201cimports\u201d more than anything else (i.e. made abroad and distributed through various media here). Little do Indians know that we were making animated films as early as 1934!<\/p>\n

WE LOVE EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW-AGE ANIMATION. <\/strong>HERE\u2019S PROOF<\/strong><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an overview of the rich history of animation in the country, from its humble beginnings as black and white animations to the burgeoning industry it has become today.<\/p>\n

The First Animations in India<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Banyan Deer <\/em>(1957) has often been cited as India\u2019s first animated film but it did have predecessors. Pune-based Prabhat Film Company\u2019s Jambu Kaka <\/em>was released in Bombay on 15 November 1934. The short features a jackal and was animated by Raghunath K. Kelkar. Dadasaheb Phalke, Gunamoy Banerjee, K.S. Gupte and G.K. Gokhle were all pioneers of early animations in India. Most early animators in India were self-taught drawing their inspiration from cartoons made abroad. Phalke made a stop motion animated film in 1917 called Agkadyanchi Mouj<\/em> (Matchsticks\u2019 Fun). The Pea Brothers<\/em> in 1934 by Gunamoy Banerjee was the first animated film shown in a theatre in India. The first animated film with a soundtrack, called On a Moonlit Night<\/em>, was made by B.N. Sircar of the New Theatres of Bengal in 1934 as well.<\/p>\n

Did you know that banyan deer is the first animation movie in India?
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A pivotal moment in Indian animation was when Clair Weeks visited the Films Division of India. As a Disney animator who had worked on Disney successes like Bambi<\/em> and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves<\/em>, he helped establish the first animation studio in India<\/a> and trained a group of Indian animators. They went on to make The Banyan Deer<\/em> in 1957 which was India\u2019s first animated movie in colour.<\/p>\n

Indian Animation Over the Years<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The shortage of film stock during World War II was a key contributing factor towards the development of the animation industry in India, as filmmakers turned towards animation to tell their stories.<\/p>\n

Some notable animated works include:<\/p>\n