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    The Story of Indian Animation

    History and Journey so far
    by
    Swati AgarwalandProf. Phani Tetali
    IDC, IIT Bombay
    Ram Mohan
     
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    Ram Mohan
    The 84-year-old Indian who has inspired generation of animators. He is the only Indian animator to receive the prestigious Padma Shri Award by the Government of India.


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    Awards and Filmography:

     

     

    1957- 'A Banyan Deer'- Cartoon Film Unit, Films Division of India.

    1968- 'Baap re Baap'- produced by Prasad Productions. Scripted, designed and directed by Ram Mohan. It won National Award for the best short film on Family Planning, 1969.

    1971- 'You Said It' produced by Prasad Productions for Film Division. Scripted, designed and directed by Ram Mohan. It won National Award for the best film in 1972.

    1972 - 74- Series of films called 'Down to Earth'(12 min each) - produced by Prasad Productions for the Family Planning Association of India.

    Part 1: 'The Friendly Planet'
    Part 2: 'The Ravaged Elements'
    Part 3: 'The Island of Graph'
    Part 4: 'The Fourth Revolution' - produced by Ram Mohan Biographics.

    1983- 'Fire Games'- produced by ShilpaBharati. Designed and directed by Ram Mohan.

    1984- National Award for the Best Animation Film- "Fire Games"

    1989- 'Taru'- produced for Children's Film Society of India-18 min. Design and directed by Ram Mohan.

    1992- 'Ramayana- The Legend of Prince Rama' – 135 mins. Co-produced and Directed along with Yugo Sako.

    1994- 'The White Elephant'- produced in co-operation with ACCU, Tokyo based on an Indian- Fable.

    1995- Project 'Meena' with UNICEF - 13 episodes with 20 - 25 artists – few of the starting episodes weredone in collaboration with FIL Cartoons, Manila. Animation for the rest of the episodes was done at Ram Mohan Biographics studio.

    1996- Communication Arts Guild Hall of Frame award for Life Time achievement.

    2001- Advertising Club Award 'ABBY' for Life Time Achievement.

    2002- Chairman, Graphiti Multimedia, Pvt. Ltd.

    2003- I.D.P.A. "Ezra Mir" award for Life-Time Achievement. Broadcast India.

    2014- Awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India.

    Have a look at some of his wonderful sketches and doodles.

     


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      • The Background
      • Journey
      • Long Ago
      • Organizations
      • Studios
      • Gurukuls of Animation
      • Commercial Break
      • In Theatres Now
      • Episodes
      • Maharathis of Animation
        • Ram Mohan
        • Shaila Paralkar
        • Nina Sabnani
        • Dhimant Vyas
        • Vaibhav Kumaresh
        • Gitanjali Rao
        • Manisha Mohan
        • RL Mistry
        • Sumant Rao
        • Suddhasattwa Basu
        • Shilpa Ranade
        • Sekhar Mukherjee
        • E. Suresh
        • Bhimsain Khurana
        • Ajit Rao
        • Chetan Sharma
        • Binita Desai
        • Arnab Chaudhuri
        • Phani Tetali
        • Prosenjit Ganguly
        • Prakash Moorthy
        • Chetan Sashital
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