Oriya animation

The state film industry is set to step beyond the stereotype movies. Get set for the animation films.
The maiden animation film produced in the state was screened four months ago. Bibhudatta Tripathy, Production Manager of Bhubaneswar’s Institute of Media Technology is the brain behind the film Chatura Kau.
Based on the popular Aesop’s fable about a clever crow, the film has slight modifications here and there, including the introduction of two new characters, a dog and an ant. “It’s a funny but intelligent story with a moral twist,” said Bibhudatta Tripathy, the film’s director.
Tripathy, roped in a few juniors to give shape to his dream — an Oriya animation film. Tomorrow their team effort would be screened for the first time at Soochana Bhavan.
This film was released on 15th Jan 2008 by the minister of IT and culture Orissa Mr. Surjya Narayan Patro at Soochana Bhavan. The Movie was appreciated by the media and the people of orissa very much. About all leading TV channels and newspaper covered it continuously for two days as breaking news. The duration of the Movie is 21 minutes. The Film is animated by IDMT's students and Directed by Mr. Bibhudatta Tripathy, Production Manager IDMT.
The film is available in a DVD format. “We plan to compile a package of eight similar short stories before we introduce it in the market,” said Tripathy.
“It’s completely an in-house job done by students of the multimedia department. But we had all the latest instruments at our disposal,” he said.
Narayan Parasad Singh, a veteran who has written for Oriya films, too, has written the lyrics.
In 2003, the same group had tried to make an animation film called Phulei Benga, but the project could not be completed due to several constraints. “It was again a short story about a proud frog who suffers for its ego,” said Tripathy. Not ones to rest on their laurels, the team is now working on Jagannath and Dharmapada (See more at: www.dharmapadafilm.in). The duration of the two movies would be 90 minutes each. While the former, as is evident from the title, is about Lord Jagannath, the latter would be about young Dharmapada, who sacrificed his life to make the Konark Sun Temple.
The animation on Lord Jagannath had been postponed before due to the unavailability of technicians and equipment. “The lack of artistes is a major drawback. At least 25 hand-made drawings are required for a single-second slot,” he said

referance links: You tube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0uvkAaSXDa8

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