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Short films made by city students are nominated for CMS Vatavaran, environment and wildlife film festival to be held from October 27-31
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Big dreams The films made by the students have a message
It’s the story of the evolution of man and his seven stages. An ape-like animated human being has horse as a companion, which takes him everywhere. As he marches towards ‘progress’, thanks to technology, his mode of transport change
s from bikes to cars and he travels around the whole world. But his fun is short-lived as he runs out of petrol and in the end he returns to his horse. This animated movie titled Fuel Duel highlights the importance of saving fuel in the modern times and is one of the short films nominated for CMS Vatavaran, environment and wildlife film festival to be held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi from October 27-31 (The movie also won a first prize at the Gate Way Awards ’09 conducted by the Department of Media Sciences, College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai).
Arush, Bhuvan, Arun and Jagdish of Arena Animation at Dilsukhnagar are gung-ho about their debut film being nominated for the film festival. “We never expected our first movie to get a nomination at such a prestigious event,” say the foursome. Interestingly, two other short films - A Garden of Dream and The Farmer and His Goat made by their friends at the institute have also earned a nomination at the festival, besides lapping up a few other awards and nominations. “When we decided to make these films, the boys and girls were buzzing with stories. We took the best ideas and went ahead with the project,” says Mahesh M. Gore, creative director of the institute.
A mix of different characters are introduced with a content which is not only light-hearted but subtly take on issues and every film has a message in the end. Like the animated short movies Trashhed!, Dolly & Me and Chamki (which won honours at the international film festival held at Nagpur) have simple characters with a message for all its viewers. “Animated characters are not just for children. Even adults are fascinated by them. We tried to make our films humorous and also informative,” says Nupur, a student, who was part of the Chamki team. Another student Parag Warade delights in the antics of these characters. “We worked for six months to make a 2-minute film,” smiles Parag.
If A Garden Dream highlights the importance of keeping the surrounding clean to kids, The Farmer and his Goat attempts to discourage the practice of animal sacrifice. For now, the students are revelling in the nominations and hope their works will find the right audience at the festival.
NEERAJA MURTHY
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