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<ul><li><keyword id="6354714" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="ajay-devgn">Ajay Devgn</keyword>’s new theatre in Ratlam has a time machine and a Jab We Met inspired train.</li><li>Ajay Devgn plans to invest as much as ₹600 crore (approx $87 million) to open concept driven theatres. </li><li>NY Cinemas, opened in Ratlam with a train-based theme, is named after Ajay Devgan’s daughter Nysa and son Yug. </li></ul>We would all have to agree that the star in the movie ‘Jab We Met’ was the train which Kareena Kapoor misses, kickstarting the story. Wouldn’t it be great if we could relive the experience in the theatre itself? Well, Ajay Devgan’s NY Cinema in Ratlam just did that. The Bollywood actor, who started his career in 1991 Phool aur Kaante, plans to invest as much as ₹600 crore (approx $87 million) to bring old-world charm of watching movies with unique concept theatres. Speaking about the NY Cinema, Rajeev Sharma, CEO told Business Insider India that people don’t spend much time in cinemas nowadays. “We go to the cinema, watch the movie, and come back right after it ends. Ajay is very fond of cinema-going experience and wants to offer the same to people of every age group.” Sharma believes that there are a few movies which will force us to step out of the house and go to the cinema. “We cannot watch an X-men or an Avengers movie at home. We will miss the aura.” 
	
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In pics: Check out Ajay Devgn's new theatre in Ratlam

<ul><li>The campaign is conceptualised by <keyword id="910338" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="DDB-Mudra-Group">DDB Mudra Group</keyword>. </li><li><keyword id="6354714" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="ajay-devgn">Ajay Devgn</keyword> and Tamannaah Bhatia; each in a recognizable disguise, try to convince people to watch their soon-to-release titles on Disney+ Hotstar VIP rather than just focusing on LIVE cricket action.</li></ul>As India prepares for the launch of its most celebrated cricket phenomenon, Vivo IPL, Disney+ Hotstar VIP today rolled out an exciting new campaign - ‘Entertainment Ka All-Rounder’. Conceptualized by DDB Mudra Group, these new films feature popular actors Ajay Devgn and <keyword id="654350" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tamannaah-Bhatia">Tamannaah Bhatia</keyword>; each in a recognizable disguise, as they try to convince people to watch their soon-to-release titles on Disney+ Hotstar VIP rather than just focusing on LIVE cricket action. Ajay Devgn stars as Sudarshan and Tamannaah Bhatia as Manickam, both are put in everyday office situations as they praise their work only to be informed of the platform’s expansive content offering. The quirky campaign signifies the fierce battle that will be fought between the biggest superstars - on &amp; off the cricketing field as they try to win the viewers’ attention. <div type="Youtube" id="6iQb60oXIpM" title="Disney+ Hotstar VIP - Ajay ya Sudarshan?" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6iQb60oXIpM/mqdefault.jpg"></div> Sidharth Shakdher, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Disney+ Hotstar said, “Disney+ Hotstar is the default digital platform for sports in India today, and this year, when India comes to us for Vivo <keyword id="7866747" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="ipl-2021">IPL 2021</keyword>, we will give them a no-holds-barred entertainment experience - Cricketainment in its truest form. Based on the insight that cricketainment is tantamount to having the best of both worlds, we wanted this campaign to reinforce that we are the only OTT brand that offers Vivo IPL 2021 and LIVE sports, along with the latest movies and original shows. And to drive home this message in a fun, memorable and entertaining way, we are launching our campaign ‘Entertainment Ka All-Rounder’ which breaks through the clutter by using never-seen-before avatars of Ajay Devgan and Tamannaah Bhatia” These ad-films have been rolled out in 3 languages - Hindi, Tamil and Telugu and are available on Disney+ Hotstar VIP’s digital platforms.

Disney+ Hotstar VIP launches a new campaign before IPL with Ajay Devgn and Tamannaah Bhatia

Remember the time when <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> <keyword id="271" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="actor">actor</keyword> <keyword id="4230" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Ajay-Devgan">Ajay Devgan</keyword> did a daring split on two moving bikes in his debut movie. Now the all time action super star <keyword id="1339155" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Jean-Claude-Van-Damme">Jean-Claude Van Damme</keyword> has gone <keyword id="819383" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="a-step-ahead">a step ahead</keyword> and has done a super split on two moving <keyword id="6359474" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Volvo">Volvo</keyword> Trucks. Van Damme says it's the most epic of splits. 
 The advertisement was shot in a controlled <keyword id="6356826" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="environment">environment</keyword> on a closed off landing strip in <keyword id="6363645" type="COUNTRY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Spain">Spain</keyword>. The commercial showcases immense steadiness of these Volvo trucks. The live test was set up to demonstrate the precision and directional stability of Volvo Dynamic Steering, which makes the new Volvo FM easier to drive. Directed by <keyword id="1939194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Andrea-Nilsson">Andrea Nilsson</keyword>, the editors have used background audio score of Enya: Only Time for this commercial. 
 Immediately after the advertisement was shown <keyword id="6354616" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword> and <keyword id="6354576" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Facebook">Facebook</keyword> feeds lit up with hundreds of comments and praises. In two days the advertisement has already surpassed 6.1 million views on YouTube. This is probably the effect that Volvo was hoping for and got. However, this is a dangerous stunt to perform and is done under strict supervision of professionals and should not be tried in any form. Here is the full video (which JCVD did in just one take):

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Doing A Split Between 2 Volvo Trucks Equals To An Off the Hook Advertisement

<ul><li>Deepika Padukone’s <keyword id="7140139" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chhapaak">Chhapaak</keyword> is struggling to cross the ₹20 crore mark. </li><li>On the other hand, Devgn’s Tanhaji crossed ₹50 crore on its opening weekend. </li><li>Tanhaji left Chhapaak behind in the first two days when it earned ₹35 crore. </li></ul>Deepika Padukone’s Chhapaak has made less than twice the collections of its rival release - Ajay Devgn’s Tanhaji. Ahead of the festive season, the audience seems to be in the mood for a war saga instead of the real-life story of an acid attack victim. Chhapaak earned as much as ₹18.50 crore during the weekend while Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’s collections crossed the ₹50 crore mark. Tanhaji left Chhapaak behind in the first two days itself as it earned ₹35 crore against ₹11 crore by Chhapaak. And looks like the Devgn movie might achieve the ₹100 crore status. “The growth is superb on Sunday with collections going up 30%. It makes it even better that the competition and holdover releases have not grown much on Sunday.” reported Box Office India. <div type="twitter" handle="taran_adarsh" handlename="taran adarsh" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1440352704/profile_pic_taran_normal.jpg" favoritecount="7669" retweetcount="688" status="#Chhapaak is ordinary on Day 1... Collects well at select high-end multiplexes... Biz at Tier-2 and 3 cities and al… https://t.co/RYKf3DKiX5" createdat="1578726776000" id="1215894343824752640"></div>

 Big Budget Tanhaji has a lot riding on it. However, the endgame of each of these movies might be different. Tanhaji was made on a massive budget of ₹150 crore, while Chhapaak is a medium budget movie spending anywhere between ₹35-40 crore. Chhapaak is also released only on 1500 screens, half that of Tanhaji. Both these movies had unexpected competition from multiple South movies that released the same weekend to capture the festival season of Sankranti. While Telugu movie goers are busy with Allu Arjun’s Ala Vaikunthapurramloo - Rajnikanth’s Darbar is dominating Tamil Nadu theatres. The movie is known to have made as much as ₹34 crore on the first day only. However, the movie is not expected to become a massive hit unlike his movies Robot 2 which had brought North Indian audiences in droves. See also: <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="73155309" title="Deepika Padukone and Ajay Devgn both have movies releasing this week - only one of them is a real hero" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

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Ajay Devgn’s Tanhaji moves the masses while Chhapaak fails to make a splash

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pointed out that many renowned <keyword id="143" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> actors haven’t complied with service tax norms when receiving payments from producers. The list of actors include <keyword id="6354583" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Salman-Khan">Salman Khan</keyword>, <keyword id="6357861" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ranbir-Kapoor">Ranbir Kapoor</keyword>, Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh and <keyword id="2180" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arjun-Rampal">Arjun Rampal</keyword> and the revenue skipped is more than Rs 50 crore. "During the examination of records of Salman Khan, Arjun <keyword id="2182" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="rampal">Rampal</keyword>, Ritesh <keyword id="6359159" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vilasrao-Deshmukh">Vilasrao Deshmukh</keyword> and Vishal (Ajay) <keyword id="32994" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="devgan">Devgan</keyword> in in the Mumbai service tax commissionerates, we observed from the agreements between producer and actors that the producers, being service recipients, agreed to provide for and bear expenses relating to arrangement of the services for travel, lodging and boarding of the make-up artist, hair stylist and spot boy ," the ET learnt from reports. The auditor duly noted that these services fall in the ambit of additional consideration directly and inextricably linked to the services provided by assesses. Non-inclusion of the additional consideration during 2013-14 to 2015-16 resulted in non-payment of service tax by the actors. When this was pointed out to the service tax aut horities, the department said it has issued show cause notice to Deshmukh and notices were being issued in the case of Devgn and Rampal. "Reply in the case of Salman Khan was awaited," CAG observed, according to ET report. In case of actor Ranbir Kapoor, the CAG said, "We noticed two instances where for the same film shot in India and abroad, the payment to artist for the portion shot abroad was arranged from foreign companies, thereby the service was made to look as export of service with no tax liability." "Ranbir Kapoor acted in the movie ' Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' produced by <keyword id="4854211" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="dharma-productions-pvt-ltd">Dharma Productions Pvt Ltd</keyword>, shot both in India and New York. He received a consideration of Rs 6.75 crore from a foreign company , ADHM Films Ltd., (UK) based in London for film shot in UK and did not pay service tax of Rs 83.43 lakh treating the same as export of services," the auditor pointed out.

These Bollywood stars didn't pay service tax amounting to revenue loss of Rs 50 crore

<ul><li>Tanhaji:The Unsung Warrior witnessed its first massiv dip in the box office collections in the seventh week. </li><li>Box office India predicts that the film will earn a maximum of ₹1.50 crore net in the eighth week. </li><li>According to <keyword id="107593" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Taran-Adarsh">Taran Adarsh</keyword>, the total film collection on February 24 stood at ₹275 crore. </li></ul>Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior witnessed first massive dip in the box official collections in the seventh week of its release. The film which has been running in the theatres for 47 days now collected only ₹15 lakh on February 25. The film is likely to collect ₹2.5 crore on its seventh weekend. According to Taran Adarsh, the total film collection on February 24 stood at ₹275 crore. <div type="twitter" handle="taran_adarsh" handlename="taran adarsh" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1440352704/profile_pic_taran_normal.jpg" favoritecount="9706" retweetcount="805" status="#Tanhaji benchmarks... Crossed ₹ 50 cr: Day 3 ₹ 100 cr: Day 6 ₹ 125 cr: Day 8 ₹ 150 cr: Day 10 ₹ 175 cr: Day 11 ₹ 2… https://t.co/88Sykr8npF" createdat="1582537840000" id="1231879106284990464"></div>

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 However, Tanhaji is one of the few movies that run in theaters for over four weeks. According to Box office India, the film will earn a maximum of ₹1.50 crore net in its eighth week in its eight week. “It is possible that around 75-80% of its collections in week eight will come from Maharashtra,” reported Boxoffice India. The movie which stars <keyword id="6354714" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="ajay-devgn">Ajay Devgn</keyword>, Kajol and Saif Ali Khan is a period drama on Maratha warrior Tanhaji who worked for emperor Shivaji in the 17th century. Other Hindi films that ran for a longer period in recent times include Kabir Singh featuring Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani. The film ran for 102 days in theatres and earned a massive ₹379 crore. First film of 2020 to cross ₹200 crore club For weeks, Tanhaji had withstood competition from many film releases including <keyword id="598" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Deepika-Padukone">Deepika Padukone</keyword>’s Chhapaak, Street Dancer 3D featuring <keyword id="504603" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shradha-Kapoor">Shradha Kapoor</keyword> and Kartik Aaryan’s Love Aaj Kal. It crushed the box office records with a whopping ₹224 crore collections in three weeks. It is the first film of 2020 to cross the ₹200 crore club. The movie which is still running, earned ₹5.4 crore on January 24 and ₹9.5 crore on January 25. Kajol, who also features in the film, had then expressed her excitement on Instagram about Tanhaji’s success. <div type="javascript" title="Custom" contenttype="Video"><cdata><![CDATA[
 
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 Tanhaji was made on a massive budget of ₹150 crore. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/tanhaji-wins-the-third-weekend-battle-too-as-street-dancer-3d-and-panga-fail-to-put-up-a-fight/articleshow/73658601.cms">Tanhaji wins the third weekend battle too — as Street Dancer 3D and Panga fail to put up a fight</a>

Ajay Devgn’s Tanhaji might complete 50 days but might not hit the ₹300 crore mark

<ul><li>The release covers a report survey on the online sentiments for 26 Bollywood actors for the period of August - October 2020. </li><li>The sentiments have been analyzed on the basis of 100 million online impressions which include trends on Twitter, Google search Wikipedia, YouTube.</li></ul>Checkbrand, an online sentiment analysis company today announced the data about online sentiments of top movie stars in the country. As per the report, the brand value in monetary terms, basis the engagement and followers for <keyword id="7099679" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Priyanka-Chopra-Jonas">Priyanka Chopra Jonas</keyword> stood at INR 2.65 billion, for <keyword id="2823" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Akshay-Kumar">Akshay Kumar</keyword> at INR 2.60 billion, followed by <keyword id="6354583" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="salman-khan">Salman Khan</keyword> at INR 2.52 billion, <keyword id="598" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Deepika-Padukone">Deepika Padukone</keyword> at INR 2.11 billion and Shahrukh Khan at INR 2.09. The most trending (Twitter, Google Search, Wiki, YouTube etc) actress in the last quarter was Kirti Sanon (2334) followed by Priyanka Chopra (2331) and Alia Bhatt (2277). All the top three places were occupied by Indian actresses. Akshay Kumar (1792), Salman Khan (1421), Aamir Khan (1145), Shahrukh Khan (1133)m followed the chart. In terms of engagement, the top three positions have been occupied by male actors. Salman Khan had an engagement of 2.25 lakhs, followed by Shahrukh Khan at 2.16 lakhs, Akshay Kumar at 1.7 lakhs, Ajay Devgan at 0.64 lakhs and Amitabh Bachchan at 0.62 lakhs. The five actors have a collective engagement of 7.3 lakhs, which was more than rest of the collective engagement of 21 film stars which is meager 3.64 lakhs. The 21 stars included both males and females. Only seven movie stars could cross more than one lakh in terms of social media mentions. The names included with mentions are Salman Khan (4.97 lakh), Shahrukh Khan (4.52 lakh), Kangana Ranaut (3.70 lakh), Akshay Kumar (3.54 lakh), Ajay Devgn (1.95 lakh), Aamir Khan (1.88 lakh), Alia Bhatt (1.80 lakh). Despite the increasing popularity of Ananya Pandey and Bhumi Pendkar, their mentions were less than 500 in the last quarter. King Khan still ruled the overall brand score with 41.76, followed by Priyanka Chopra 41.26, Deepika Padukone 36.54, Shraddha Kapoor 34.48. The lowest score was for Kangana Ranaut 9.87. Even Aamir Khan was the third last at 11.69. The overall score is measured out of 100. Five parameters have been considered for devising this score which are followers (20), trends (10), sentiment (30), engagement (20) and mentions (20). Speaking on the sentiment analysis, Anuj Sayal, MD, ADG Online and Checkbrand.online said, “Some interesting facts have come out in the last few weeks. The overall sentiment for KanganaRanuat has gone down. She slipped to almost last position. It is interesting to note that 71% sentiment for Abhishek Bachchan is positive and Aamir Khan’s sentiment is negative at 28.1%. Anushka Sharma’s overall sentiment is negative at 4.6%” “This is our first report and we plan to add more interesting anecdotes in our next quarterly report. We wanted to create a platform which could help brands understand their real value in terms of presence on Digital media on real time basis. We are eager to work and help them improve their overall digital presence,” he further added.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ brand value beats Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan: Report

<ul><li><keyword id="7162500" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="tanhaji">Tanhaji</keyword>: The Unsung Warrior has crushed the box office records ever since its release on January 10, with a whopping ₹224 crore collection in three weeks. </li><li>Tanhaji is dominating the box office primarily because there are no films to compete against it. </li><li>Republic Day also gave a big boost to Tanhaji’s huge growth on its third Sunday — with trade analyst suggesting earnings going up by ₹15 crore. </li></ul><keyword id="6354714" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="ajay-devgn">Ajay Devgn</keyword>’s Tanhaji:The Unsung Warrior crushed the box office records with a whopping ₹224 crore collections in three weeks. It is the first film of 2020 to cross the ₹200 crore club. The movie which is still running to packed houses, earned ₹5.4 crore on January 24 and ₹9.5 crore on January 25. The film is on the path to become the biggest blockbuster for Ajay Devgn, beating his comic caper hit, Golmaal Again. <keyword id="6354713" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="kajol">Kajol</keyword>, who also features in the film, took to instagram to express her excitement about Tanhaji’s success. She is now waiting for the box office collection to cross ₹250. <div type="javascript" title="Instagram" contenttype=""><cdata><![CDATA[


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 “The collections are lopsided and it's rare for films that are lopsided to become a blockbuster but Maharashtra is simply insane at all its centres,” <a href="https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=5851">said Boxofficeindia. </a> The patriotic movie was declared tax-free in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana after it entered the ₹100 crore club. Tough competition to Street Dancer 3D and Panga Tanhaji also owes its success to little competition from new releases. Remo D’Souza’s Street Dancer 3D, released on January 24, failed to woo the audiences. The film received poor reviews — for being ‘boring’. “Street Dancer 3D Review: Just Watch TikTok Instead,''<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/street-dancer-movie-review-varun-dhawan_in_5e2ab14ac5b67d8874afbd31"> wrote</a> Ankur Pathak from HuffPost India. But Street Dancer 3D isn’t the only disappointment as Panga featuring Kangana Ranaut too minted a mere ₹12 crore on its opening weekend. Tanhaji also beat Deepika Padukone’s <keyword id="7140139" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chhapaak">Chhapaak</keyword> which also released on the same day. It earned thrice that of Chhapaak on the release day to clock in ₹50 crore for the weekend. The film is based on the life of <keyword id="2133659" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tanaji-Malusare">Tanaji Malusare</keyword>, the military leader of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji army. The winning formula of patriotism The Republic Day weekend also gave a big boost to Tanhaji’s footfalls on its third Sunday. For the weekend, it might have earned as much as ₹15 crore, say analysts. According to s<a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/heres-why-ajay-devgn-and-saif-ali-khans-period-drama-tanhaji-the-unsung-warrior-is-a-phenomenal-success-senior-trade-analyst-shares-his-view/articleshow/73651366.cms">enior trade analyst Taran Adarsh</a>, the historical plot of the film clubbed with brilliant performances aided its remarkable run. Patriotism has become a superhit formula for Bollywood. In 2019, <keyword id="71431" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uri">Uri</keyword>: the surgical, based on the fictional account of a covert operation by the Indian army, also earned a whopping ₹342 crore. Aditya Dhar, director of Uri, believes that patriotic fervour <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-50577448/the-success-of-india-s-patriotic-movies">played a big role in its success. </a> “As long as it's a patriotic film and as long as the story is great, it will work,” <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-50577448/the-success-of-india-s-patriotic-movies">he told BBC. </a> Another patriotic film that won the hearts of the audience was Mission Mangal featuring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. The fictional film is based on India’s ambition mission to Mars, and earned ₹209 crore. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/pvr-and-inox-are-all-set-to-rise-ticket-prices-but-for-the-first-time-in-2-years/articleshow/73520251.cms">PVR and Inox are all set to rise ticket prices — but for the first time in 2 years</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/weekend-watchlist-the-top-shows-on-netflix-amazon-prime-and-other-streaming-services/articleshow/73572808.cms">Weekend Watchlist: The top shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services</a>

Tanhaji wins the third weekend battle too — as Street Dancer 3D and Panga fail to put up a fight

Near the end of 2013, the animated movie <keyword id="6366669" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mahabharat">Mahabharat</keyword> was released and was touted as “India’s most expensive multi-starrer <keyword id="21778" type="TECHNOLOGY" weightage="80" keywordseo="animation">animation</keyword> film.” The voice actors included the who’s who of contemporary Indian cinema. Amitabh Bachchan lent his voice to the iconic character of Bhishma; Ajay Devgan was Arjun; Sunny Deol was Bheem and Vidya Balan was Draupadi. None of the actors charged any fee and yet, the movie had a budget of Rs 50 crore. After the first week, it managed to earn just Rs 1.5 crore. 
 
Mahabharat was a phenomenal flop. 
 
But much of it had to do with the low quality animation that people ended up watching on-screen. And the studio blamed for such below-par work was a Juhu-based one called Pen India Pvt Ltd. Surely, there was nothing wrong with the story – Mahabharat is one of the most popular epics in the world. And the voice-acting was top-notch. So the only factors behind the debacle were the quality of animation and marketing. 
 
Outsourcing kills creativity Like many other industries, animation in India earns most of its revenues through outsourced projects from American and European studios. According to a secondary research presented in the <keyword id="6372077" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Nasscom">NASSCOM</keyword> Industry Report, the money earned by Indian animation and VFX studios from global projects has steadily increased over the past decade. 
 
While that is good news from a business standpoint, the increasing number of outsourced projects also means that the animators are constantly working under strict deadlines and their project work is always under remote supervision which hardly leaves any room for creative decision-making. For the global studios, the Indian animation talent is akin to a sweatshop where the designs and plans are already in place and the workers are only expected to execute them. Such an environment not only tramples upon creativity but also leaves little time to pursue one’s creative aspirations. The few animators who choose not to work for those studios often find it difficult to earn a decent living. This is because the domestic market for animation is quite small. In 2009, domestic projects only accounted for 30% of the total revenues the industry earned. The rest came from outsourced animation, gaming and VFX work. 
 
Failure to woo the target audience 
As animated movies are relatively new in India, one of the biggest mistakes happened in figuring out the right content for a particular demographic. If you were to look at some of the animated films that came from India and achieved very little success, you might end up thinking – here’s a country where kids love Hindu mythology. 
 
It might seem odd now but that’s exactly what the producers had in mind when they released movies like Ramayan, Chhota Bheem, Ghatotkach, Krishna, etc. All of these feature stories from Hindu mythology and as India has the largest Hindu population, the producers just assumed that these stories would be popular. What a wrong assumption to make! What they don’t realise is that these stories are already known to Indian kids and they are not getting anything new or original out of these films. However, the Indian film industry is partly to blame for this – originality has never been its strong point. 
 Animation film-makers of India need to learn from studios like <keyword id="161299" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Pixar">Pixar</keyword>, <keyword id="11201" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Dreamworks">DreamWorks</keyword> and Disney who come up with highly original scripts such as <keyword id="241494" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="Wall-E">WALL-E</keyword>, Kung-fu Panda, Madagascar, Toy Story, How to Train Your Dragon and more. On the other hand, the Indian audience must change their mindset and start enjoying good animated films. Discarding an animated movie as a ‘cartoon’ film is an indication that most Indian viewers still think that anything animated is meant ‘for the kids.’ If only our people grew up on Japanese Manga and Anime from a very early age… 
 
Training counts Animation can be taught while sketching is a talent that is honed over a longer period of time. So, the first thing wannabe animators need to know is that you need to love art, drawing and sketching. In India, people often choose animation as a career just because it is a booming sector. Five years ago, they might have chosen biotechnology or marine engineering for the same reason. But that’s not the way to go about choosing a career. There are a handful of really good schools in India for learning animation, illustration or design – such as the National Institute of Design (NID), Srishti School of Art and Design, <keyword id="2199190" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="J-J-Institute-of-Applied-Art">J.J. Institute of Applied Art</keyword>, etc. Aspirants should target these schools instead of opting for short-term certificate courses that promise placement. Some of the best Indian animators studied in these well-known institutions. For instance, Vaibhav Kumaresh, a student of NID, is one of the most coveted names in Indian animation. He is the one who created Channel V’s famous Sardar Simpoo Singh Sodhi and the Amaron Battery characters. Gitanjali Rao, an alumnus of J.J. Institute of Applied Art, won an award in <keyword id="6366702" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Cannes">Cannes</keyword> in 2006 for her animated short, Printed Rainbow. 
 
The future of animation in India can go either way. If we can come up with a few studios which will devote resources and talent for consistently creating really good content and art, the production will be on par with the industry leaders. A good marketing team can then sell it to the world. But without such initiatives, animation in India may just end up being a prop for creating logos for production houses and meeting deadlines for other studios who will get all the credit for creativity.

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