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Follow UsMany of us remember with much fondness our childhood hours spent poring
over comic books-the Indrajaal series featuring the travails
of Phantom and Lady Diana, Mandrake and Lothar or the adventures of
Bahadur and Bela. Some of us got more taken over by the superior
quality of the
Chitra Katha
comics-the initial knowledge of Indian history and mythology
was gleaned from these pages by many of us. Alas! Times have changed.
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Today's children either don't know or hardly spend time turning over
these pages. Thankfully, many of them have started crawling their
mouses over many of these comics-with many of these comics
now available virtually or classic fictional characters conceptualized
into online comics, the age of innocence might just come back again,
albeit virtually.
Amar Chitra Katha will soon come alive again for your children on
Network and POGO, thanks to ACK
Media and Turner International entering into a content partnership to
produce two animated films and 26 half hour episodes of the Amar Chitra
Katha stories. The first two animated cartoon films, Tripura: The Three
Cities of Maya, will be released in summer 2010 and the second film-
Sons of Rama will be released around Diwali.
Raj Comics has launched new comic titles 26/11 and Speed breaker and
new episodes of Suryansh, Parijanam, Mautura and Bali ke Bakre in the
e-format in recent months. 26/11 is a new title which sees Nagraj and
Doga, the two premier super heroes of Raj Universe team up to fight
terrorists on Indian soil. A proof of the times or a nice contemporary
touch, however you look at it. Bengali readers and almost whole of
contemporary India who enjoyed the English translations will jump with
glee that Satyajit Ray's legendary private detective Feluda series will
now be available online in a series format.
Pune-based Fountain Pixel Animations has created a 90 min 2D animated
comic feature titled “Princess Maya and the Green
Gem.” The feature is a non mythological and non ancient folk
tale with a prime target audience from 8 to 19 years of age. It is
initially being made in Hindi and later the studio plans to dub it in
English for the international market as well and that will be followed
by Indian regional languages too. Fountain Pixels is not charting a
theatrical route and has its revenue generation model in place through
the sale of satellite and home video rights.
Hyderabad based Animvision Studio is working on their first production,
a 30 min
animated short film on the
untold story of Red Riding Hood titled “The Revenge of Red
Riding Hood” which is the lost tale of Brothers Grimm. The
film is currently in its animation stage and is budgeted at Rs 40
lakhs. Animvision is also co-producing a 3-5 min short film titled
“Demon world” with Epicbanana studio. It will
feature wonderful mythical characters and stories of Mexico.
Not just Indian comics, but globally too Marvel Digital
Comics-featuring classic and select, digital-first titles
only-has gone portable on Sony's digital reader for PSPTM
(PlayStation Portable), a new service that will allow PSP owners to
access a range of media on their PSP. The digital reader for PSPTM will
offer content from Marvel that includes Spider-Man, X-Men and the
Fantastic Four (and so many others!) whilst other content will include
graphic novels, comics from a variety of local publishers and the
latest underground sensations. The service lets you take a huge
collection of comics out and about with you, allows you to pick up the
latest digitized editions from any Wi-Fi hotspot, and gives you a
brand-new way to use your PSP for entertainment on the go.
The New Face of Amar Chitra Katha
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