The Evolution of Animation in India | |
The First Animations in India The Banyan Deer (1957) has often been cited as India’s first animated film but it did have predecessors. Pune-based Prabhat Film Company’s Jambu Kaka 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 (Matchsticks’ Fun). The Pea Brothers 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, was made by B.N. Sircar of the New Theatres of Bengal in 1934 as well. | |
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