Remarkable kids, Charismatic Icons, Astounding Sports Stars, and Magnetic Stars from across India compete for the POGO AMAZING KIDS AWARDS 2007! 29 November 2007 10:30 AM
By AnimationXpress.com Team
(28 November 2007 4:55 pm)
A POGO original production, POGO Amazing Kids Awards 2007 stands proud of being the only televised kids‘ awards in India. The awards consist of multiple categories within two main sections, namely-- POGO Kids Awards, that rewards kids who accomplish extraordinary talent and POGO Voice Awards that empowers kids with the right of choosing their favourite icons. Culminating in a grand awards gala, showcasing high-energy performances, POGO Amazing Kids Awards 2007 will be televised exclusively on Saturday, Dec 29th at 6 p.m. on POGO.
Over the past four years, the awards have grown in size and stature. This year, 24 talented kids from across the country will battle it out for the coveted title of the ‘POGO Amazing Kid‘ across eight diverse categories including arts, sports, music, singing, dance, genius, leadership and entertainment! These remarkable kids are being profiled on their favourite channel, POGO starting November 19th, 2007.
Speaking about the awards, Monica Tata, Vice President, Advertising Sales and Networks, India & South Asia, Turner International India said, "With the success of last three editions of POGO Amazing Kids Awards, we are proud and elated to announce POGO Amazing Kids Awards 2007. The Awards has the distinction of being the country‘s only televised kids‘ awards, and also a unique platform that turns the spotlight on the best talent amongst kids across the country. At POGO, every kid is a star and the awards are a reflection of our promise of being a channel that kids can call their own!"
From the Northern region, the POGO Amazing Kid nominees are Bunty Kumar (POGO Amazing Kid Leader) from Jaipur, Shailendra Verma (Parle G Amazing Kid Genius) from Lucknow, Akash Suri (POGO Amazing Kid Artist) and Rohit Bisht (POGO Amazing Kid Sports Star) from Delhi, Keerat Kullar (POGO Amazing Kid Sports Star) from Amritsar and Anirudh Agarwal (POGO Amazing Kid Musician) from Kanpur, will be contesting.
From South, the short listed nominees are Aiswerya Shankar (Parle G Amazing Kid Genius) from Chennai, Mrinali and Kadambari – the Komandur Twins (POGO Amazing Kid Leader) from Bangalore, Pranati Goturi (POGO Amazing Kid Dancer) and R. Sindhuja (POGO Amazing Kid Dancer) from Hyderabad and Prashant Korada (Big Babol Amazing Kid Entertainer) from Vishakapatnam.
From West, the nominees are Surabhi Tipre (POGO Amazing Kid Sports Star), Pia Sutaria (POGO Amazing Kid Dancer), Zenia Bhumgara (Big Babol Amazing Kid Entertainer), Swini Khara (Big Babol Amazing Kid Entertainer), Raj Pandit (POGO Amazing Kid Musician) and Rohit Patil (POGO Amazing Kid Singer) are from Mumbai. Tanay Joshi (POGO Amazing Kid Musician) is from Ahmedabad and Parth Doshi (POGO Amazing Kid Singer) is from Baroda.
From the Eastern region, the nominees are Chirantan Chowdhury (Parle G Amazing Kid Genius), Protijayee Chatterjee (POGO Amazing Kid Artist),Kovid Dutta Gupta (POGO Amazing Kid Artist),and Arpan Mukherjee (POGO Amazing Kid Singer) are from Kolkata. Kislay Kumar (POGO Amazing Kid Leader) is from Patna.
The entire search and selection process of the final 24 nominees across these categories has been managed by Derek O‘Brien & Associates Pvt. Ltd, headed by the distinguished and well known quiz master, Derek O‘Brien. The winners of the prestigious POGO Kids Awards will be felicitated at a gala, in-studio hosted event in Mumbai that will be interspersed with exciting performances. The winners will be awarded with a child benefit policy worth Rs Five lakhs each and will get a once in a lifetime chance to feature on their favourite channel, POGO and win loads of goodies.
Having always encouraged kids to voice their choice, the POGO Voice Awards, empower children with the right to vote for their favourite celebrity icons. POGO Voice Awards 2007 category nominees include: Hrithik Roshan; Salman Khan; Abhishek Bachchan; Aishwarya Rai and Shahrukh Khan competing for the Most Amazing Super Star, Dhoom 2; Chak De India; Spiderman 3; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Krishna-in Vrindavan are the final nominees in the Most Amazing Film category, for the Most Amazing Song the nominees are title tracks of Dhoom 2; Jhoom Barabar Jhoom; Chak De India; Partner and Darde Disco from the movie Om Shanti Om.
Competing for the Most Amazing Sports Hero are Sania Mirza (Tennis); Vishwanathan Anand (Chess); Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh (Cricket); and Jeev Milkha Singh (Golf). For the Most Amazing Kids Icon, nominees are APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India; Sunita Williams, NASA astronaut; Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricket team captain; Shaimak Davar, Choreographer; J K Rowling, Author Harry Potter book series. The nominees in the Most Amazing Kids Programme category are M.A.D. (Music, Art and Dance); Mr. Bean; Galli Galli Sim Sim; Tom and Jerry and Dragon Ball-Z. POGO, a multi-genre channel created exclusively for kids in India.
TurtleinMotion Studio,a group company
of the RDB Organisation which has been engaged in production and distribution
of movies and television series for over 40 years ,is in search of talented
artists in the field of 2D/3D animation for our Kolkata based office in various
department
Script Writers
Character Designers
2D B/G Artist
Storyboard Artists
Layout Artists
2D Animators
Flash Animators
3D Artists
Marketing Executives (based in Mumbai)
Freshers may apply as interns.
Interested candidates may send an e-mail with
updated resume at careers@turtleinmotion.com
along with the link to your showreel or call at 033-6616-9718.
UK-based Snipple Animation is building
up a new animation studio in Pune that is pulsating with creative energy. A
place where art, technology and sharp business acumen co-exist and complement
each other. Snipple provides 3D as well as 2D animation services for films,
TV series, advertising and related areas.
At Snipple we hire only the best of the best,
and we take pride in our relentless pursuit of excellence in everything we do.
If you think you have what it takes to be a part of this world-class team, we
would like to hear from you.
We are currently recruiting for the following
positions: 1) Senior Modeler
2) Senior Surfacing Artist
3) Senior Rigging Artist
4) Senior 3D Animator
5) Senior 2D Animator
6) Production Manager
Reliance MediaWorks Limited is India`s
fastest growing film and entertainment Services Company and a member of the
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.
The Company has a dominant and comprehensive
presence in the Film & Media Services: Motion Picture Processing and DI; Visual
Effects; Film Restoration and image enhancement; Digital Mastering: Studios
and Equipment rentals with facilities located at US and India.
Reliance MediaWorks invites you to be a part
of India`s fastest and largest growing entertainment conglomerate. We are launching
VFX Films Division in Mumbai & Pune shortly. We are in search of talent
from the industry that meets our requirements. We are currently looking out
for:
Also send hard copies along with showreel
to:
Reliance MediaWorks Ltd. Plot No A - 62 and 63, Kodak Cinelabs Building, Behind
Tunga International Hotel, Post office Lane, MIDC, Andheri (E), Mumbai-93
Cornershop Animation Studio, A Zee Network
Company (Essel Group Enterprise) which focuses on 3D and 2D animation content
development and broadcast media has opportunities in various departments.
For our 2D Operations in Pune, we are
looking for following artists.
1. Visualiser
2. Flash Animators with 2D background
3. Storyboard Artist
4. 2D Compositor
5. 2D Classical Animators
6. Layout Artist
For our 3D Operations in Mumbai, we are
looking for following artists. 1. Art Director
2. Broadcast design and Motion Graphic Artist
3. 3D Animator
4. Lighting Artist
5. Compositing
6. Production Coordinator
Tasaa Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd (Formerly
Tasaa Netcom Pvt. Ltd) is a rapidly growing IT
corporate with focused interests in:
Packaged solutions from World renowned organizations
like: Autodesk Media and Entertainment Software, Adobe (Gold Partners), Apple,
Wacom, Corel, Microsoft (Gold Certified Partner), PTC, Sage Accpac. We are also
Authorized Training Partner for Autodesk, adobe and Corel.
We are a one step solution for all software needs
of Animation, Gaming, Visualization, Post Production and Manufacturing Industries.
Besides being a professional training and technical
resource for our clients, Tasaa is committed to providing high level support
to our customers and ensuring their success by improving competitiveness, streamlining
operations and helping them to be current on technology.
Requirement for Mumbai Programmer:
Candidate needs to know Programming: MEL and Python.
He should have relevant work experience in a
studio and must have worked on Developing Tools/
application for Autodesk products.
Please send your CV at resumes@tasaa.com
or call at +91-22-42121717.
BIG AIMS, a premier animation training institute
of BIG Animation (I) Pvt. Ltd. a part of Reliance Big Entertainment - the largest
entertainment group in India is hiring for following position for various franchisee
locations in India:
1) Centre Head: Candidate with experience
of over 7 years in heading an animation or educational institute. The candidate
should have skills in marketing and
managing day to day operations of an institute.
2) Counselor: Candidate with of over 3
years of experience in counseling students and should have good communication
and interpersonal skills.
3) Faculty: Candidate should have working
experience of minimum 3 years in a production studio and over 2 years as faculty
with a well established training institutes.
After Effects, Nuke,
Fusion ,Combustion, Boujou, Shake
Post-production (editing) faculty
Editing & sound
Premier, FCP & Editing
Interested candidates can e-mail their resumes
with the position applied in the subject line to: hr@biganimation.com or can
send a hard copy of the resume along with demo-reel to "The Human Resources
Department", BIG Animation (I) Pvt. Ltd, 3rd Floor Muttha Towers, Don Bosco
School Road, Yerawada, Pune 411006.
Sheen Animation Studio Pvt. Ltd. A Delhi
based Production Studio is looking for talents in 2D and 3D for their ongoing
and new international as well as national projects. If you have the experience
an expertise of 2-5 years in the relevant domain handling any of the following
functions, apply in confidence.
Pre-Production
1) BG Design Artists
2) Character Design Artists
3) Matte Painting Artists
4) Concept Artist
2D Animation
1) Flash Animators
2) 2D FX Artists
3) IB And Clean-up Artist
Hiring for all VFX Positions Digital Media Imaging Ltd (a Reliance Media Works Limited company) is involved
in Digital restoration of films, content processing, and 3D Stereo conversion
of filmed entertainment. We are in the process of ramping up to become the biggest
2D to 3D conversion facility in the world. As part of the phase II of our growth
plan we are hiring Compositors and 2D to 3D Stereo conversion Artists.
The required Software skills are:
1+ years experience in any of the following
software platforms
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Combustion
Digital Fusion, Nuke, Shake
Smoke, Flame, Inferno
Silhouette Paint & compositing
3Ds Max, Maya or any other 3D software.
Traditional artists with Painting skills in
Photoshop also can apply
Besides a Quality work environment and Sophisticated
Infrastructure,
We offer you…
Specialized VFX and 3D Stereo conversion training
by an International team from Hollywood.
Opportunity to work on popular international
blockbusters.
Opportunity for tremendous internal growth
for talented Artists.
Long term association will be rewarded based
on performance
We are an employee centric organization, who
believes in touching and changing lives.
We are in a growth phase with ambitious plans
where our primary aim is to build a culture in the organization which focuses
on building careers meaningfully for each employee with a very caring & warm
working culture where everyone is approachable and believes is being proactive
to building a great organization together with a fantastic employee experience
and great results from each employee.
Be part of an exciting journey! Technicolor India (previously Paprikaas) is a premiere animation studio,
based out of a state-of-the-art centre of excellence in Bangalore, working on
international projects for marquee clients in animation, gaming and Film visual
effects.
Technicolor India is currently seeking
highly talented artists to work on international projects in animation and film
visual effects.
If you are game for tough challenges, cut out to work in high pressure situations,
and are armed with excellent credentials in any of the following disciplines: Concept Art
Matte Painting
Modeling
Texturing
Effects
Character Animation
Lighting & Compositing
Film Visual Effects (Rotoscopy, MatchMove, Paint & Prep) or Production Management
ANTS is seeking talented artists and teaching
faculties to be a part of the expansion team and work on various national and
international projects. Areas of key vacancies are: Lighting, Animation and Rigging,
Dynamics, Game Design, Texturing, Creative Art, Designer, Web Developer and Content Creator. Interested candidates can send their resumes and works to hr@antsindia.com.
URL: www.antsindia.com,
Phone Numbers: 080 - 40627000 (ext) 224
Redchillies.vfx is all ready to start
their next project - Ra.One, post the success of "My Name Is Khan".
Loads of challenging 3D and Compositing visual effects work is to be done for
the live action sci-fi superhero film starring Shah Rukh Khan as a superhero.
We are currently looking out for extremely talented
& experienced candidates to work on employment/contract basis. Key vacancies
are Lead Lighting Artist (3DS Max), Animators (3DS Max),
Lead VFX Artist(Maya), Lead Rigging Artist(Maya), Animator(Maya), Lead Match
Moving Artist, to name a few. For details on many more vacancies Click
here.
Apply on hr.vfx@redchillies.com
with your show reel OR send in your showreel at the following address: Ground
Floor, Crescent Towers,Off New Link Road, Oshiwara, Near Morya Estate, Andheri-W,
Mumbai-58.
India`s No.1 Multimedia & Animation Academy
with one of the best state of the Art infrastructure requires trainers in the
field of:
3D Animation: Experience in a 3D Production
Environment. Must have good working knowledge of Max or Maya with simulation
systems-particle, cloth, fluid, fur.
Editing & Vfx: Experienced Candidates
in Premiere, After Effect, Final Cut Pro and Nuke. Knowledge of other compositing
software will be added advantage (Apple Shake & Fusion).
Flash Animators: Experience in Flash with
advanced scripting, Toon Boom Harmony. Should have knowledge in sketching /
traditional animation skills.
Pre Production Artists: People from fine
arts background with pre production experience of animation industry.
Graphics: Candidates with Print Media
and Advertising background with sound knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel
Draw & Indesign.
Candidates with Adobe & Autodesk certification
would be preferred.
India`s largest Animation & Multimedia Training
Facility reputed for its path-breaking academic initiatives and profound
achievements requires the following talent to meet surging demand for its revolutionary
training programs and to complement its expansion plans:
CLOTH HAIR & FUR ARTIST
DYNAMICS FX ARTIST
MAYA INSTRUCTOR
3D STUDIO MAX INSTRUCTOR
Dilsukhnagar Arena is a people-friendly organization
offering enriching and rewarding careers with the emphasis on personal as well
as professional growth. You will be working with some of the most talented people
in an empowering, challenging and inspirational work-environment with ample
"Learning and Career Progression" opportunities.
Cornershop Animation Studio, A Zee Network
Company (Essel Group Enterprise) which focuses on 3D and 2D animation content
development and broadcast media has opportunities in various departments.
BIG AIMS, a premier animation training institute
of BIG Animation (I) Pvt. Ltd. a part of Reliance Big Entertainment - the largest
entertainment group in India is hiring for following position for various franchisee
locations in India:
Sheen Animation Studio Pvt. Ltd. A Delhi
based Production Studio is looking for talents in 2D and 3D for their ongoing
and new international as well as national projects. If you have the experience
an expertise of 2-5 years in the relevant domain handling any of the following
functions, apply in confidence.
Hiring for all VFX Positions
ANTS is seeking talented artists and teaching
faculties to be a part of the expansion team and work on various national and
international projects. Areas of key vacancies are: Lighting, Animation and Rigging,
Dynamics, Game Design, Texturing, Creative Art, Designer, Web Developer and Content Creator. Interested candidates can send their resumes and works to 
India`s No.1 Multimedia & Animation Academy
with one of the best state of the Art infrastructure requires trainers in the
field of:
