Merzin Tavaria, Creative Head, Prime Focus
It was a very well organized show and was very different from the other Awards. It’s really good that more and more people are getting in to it as it will give the industry that required little boost. Getting any award for Love Story 2050 is good. It was quite a path breaking film for the industry and VFX in India which is not very established till now. So I would say such kinds of initiatives are definitely needed.

Pankaj Khandpur, Creative Director, VCL, Tata Elxsi
Well I am really happy that we won. It’s very good that an award like GCA has been instituted which is giving appreciation to the technical effort as well. It was not just about winning but also about the categories that we won in that made the difference. Another good thing was inclusion of categories like music and lyrics.

Winning the Best Feature Award for a film like Roadside Romeo which has almost international quality is another great feather in our cap. The only thing that would have made it even more valuable was if there would have been more entries in the category. But that said there were like 26 categories with a lot of entries in all of them and that is a very good sign. That goes on to say that there is so much work happening out there and there is a kind of maturity that is happening. And as GCA evolves the categories and the number of entries are just going to increase.

E Suresh, Creative Head, Famous House of Animation
The GCA has been a huge encouragement for the artists in the industry. We have been winning awards both in India as well as internationally and we are very proud to have won in the GCA as well. It is very fresh and such awards motivate us to do more in the field of animation. The encouragement that the award has given has now triggered me to do more of such animation projects.

What I felt on the GCA function was that the winning entries works could have been aired on the screen at the function. The audience present was all animation and tech savvy people who would have wanted to view the work done by the winners of the awards. Most of the works that had won were yet to be released works, and so the function would have been more entertaining if they were screened.

Shrirang Sathaye, Animation Director, VCL, Tata Elxsi
The Golden Cursor Animation Awards night was one of the most well attended and well organized awards events that I have seen in a long time. It was quite an amazing experience getting nominated and winning in almost all the categories we were nominated in.

A lot of blood, sweat and tears have gone in the making of Roadside Romeo, and we are glad our work has been appreciated by the animation community by large as well as the jury of GCA. Of course, looking back we know there were places in the film where there was scope for improvement; nevertheless, this project has been a major learning curve for all of us at Tata Elxsi VCL. With confidence I can now say that the best is yet to come!

Rajiv Chilaka, Founder and Managing Director, Green Gold Animation
I am very delighted that Chhota Bheem won The Golden Cursor Animation Award for Best Animated TV Series. After working hard on Chhota bheem for 4 years, the award is like an icing on the cake. We are lucky to have some very talented Writers, Voice Artists, Creative guys, Layout & BG Artists, Animators, Animation Directors/Supervisors, Production guys and Music Director. The success of Chhota Bheem would not have been possible without the relentless support of POGO TV.

We are also grateful to the entire staff of Animation Xpress for their persistent support to us during all these years. This award summarizes our sincere efforts to give Indian Kids nothing but the best of Indian Animation Content. We hope to continue doing good service to the Indian Animation Industry for the next coming decades.

Ramesh Anumukonda, Co-Founder and Chief Gaming Officer, Kreeda Games
We at Kreeda greatly appreciate this award. It recognizes our efforts in developing a truly unique gaming experience by localizing a popular dance game for the Indian market. This game is the first of many games Kreeda is launching and shows the abilities of our creative and disciplined gaming team.

Sekhar Mukherjee, HOD & Coordinator Animation Dept, NID
I think an Award recognizing the efforts and contribution of teachers is very well thought off. I don’t know of any Award across the world that recognizes such a thing. It’s very inspiring and will also help me inspire and encourage my students. Also it will encourage more and more professionals to take up the mantle of teaching.

This is something fantastic and I am very much touched.

Amit Kotak, Arena Mutimedia, Mumbai
The story that I have told through the four frames is a gag on Himesh Reshamiya. When you talk about four frames people try to compress a huge story in those frames but I thought of a small story which could make people laugh. And winning an award for it feels really great and my family members are really proud of me. I am studying the DAE course at Arena which is a combination of 2D and 3D, so it has helped me develop my skills in fine art area as well.

Karan Vir Arora, Managing Director and Chief Visionary, Vimanika Comics
I felt great about winning an award at the GCA and it seemed it was the Oscars for the animation and comics industry. Kudos to Arena, CNBC and AnimationXpress.com for organizing such an award functions. The industry needs more of such awards to recognize talent and keep them motivated. The GCA was organized and hosted exceptionally well which was very entertaining. I never took my eyes of the stage and wasn’t even bored for a second.

It was really good to see that people from the top to bottom of the industry were recognized based on their work and awarded. I hope to we can bring in people from all over the world to the awards and take it further. I was inspired by Lord Hanuman and Parasuram which made me come up with a comic novel ‘Moksha’ based on them. We will have more of such comics and you would get to see Hanuman fighting not only the evil characters of the past but also those of today’s world.

Pramod Sahoo, Studio Head, Aurona Technologies
I would like to first thank the organizers of the GCA, Arena animation, CNBC and AnimationXpress.com. This award that we have received for our work in ‘Hanuman – Boy Warrior’ is for the entire team who has worked on the project. I thank them for doing a wonderful job and I also take this opportunity to thank Sony for having the faith on us. It feels good to win and the award has been encouraging and it motivates us to come up with more of such quality works. The award function was well organized and entertaining. I am also glad that the gaming space has also been added to this year’s GCA which wasn’t a part last time around.

Vaibhav Kumaresh, Director, Vaibhav Studios
I am definitely thrilled! To compete with some big names and still come out as winners felt good! The jury mentioned specifically that they enjoyed the professional short films. That felt really good. What more can one ask for? I extend my sincere thanks and congratulations to all our teammates. Apart from that it was great to meet all the animation friends in one place after a long time. Thank you very much!

Pallavi Lunia, MAAC
We are really happy to have won at the GCA and I owe it to the team effort we put in. Each and everyone in the team put in their best and we were able to come out with the final output at the right time. It is really a nice feeling to be on a winning streak as we also won the 24fps awards. It the team effort we put in that has brought us this far.

We took a lot of time in zeroing in on the final story for our film and we came across many problems while we were in the production stage. The faculties at MAAC helped us a lot whenever we had trouble with our progress in the project. I am happy with the team effort we put in and pulled of the project.

Neena Sinha, Fameboxx
We felt really great to have won the award as we really didn’t expect it. This was our first project. We had just finished our animation courses and the four of us came together to do this film ‘Stuk’. We are really happy with our work and the recognition we have got for our work. I would like to give credit to our director Amit Sharma too for the encouragement and all the facilities he provided during our project. We are proud to be the part of Frameboxx.

Every time we had any sort of difficulty with our work we would try hard to fix it by ourselves and at time where we couldn’t, our faculties at Frameboxx helped us out with their expertise. We are really happy to have won such an award.

Jay Maroo, Director, Shemaroo Entertainment
We are quite thrilled to have won this award and we see it as recognition for out hard work. Such recognitions helps in coming up with more of such ventures. Actually we had a strong base with Ghatotkatch and we are happy to have come up with such a game for the children. They key was to bring out a fun filled game without any violence and so made the game revolve around eating food.

We would also be coming out with more of such games for various platforms in the future and are working hard on them.

Smita Maroo, VP for Animation, Shemaroo Entertainment
I think it is really encouraging to have won the award and it shows that animation is reaching people across medium. Animation content of these sorts shows that it can be very engaging among the audience or users. We at Shemaroo follow a 360 degree working environment and the different medium of content production brings out the best.

Madhuri Gada, Business Development, Alternate Content, Home Video, Shemaroo Entertainment
I am really happy and excited about winning the award. It was my maiden film and concept that I came up with and to have got this award gives a lot of encouragement. There hasn’t been any film of this sort for the children that educates them and at the same time entertains them. The director Yogi Chopra had done a great job and added life to the story. We had taken a bold attempt to combine animation and live action together and it has really come out well with good quality.

Yogi Chopra, Web Animation Studios
Winning the Golden Cursor Award is a great feeling, I am glad the jury recognized our effort in creating a genuine edutainment product for kids. Also I am thankful to Shemaroo for giving us the complete creative freedom without which we wouldn‘t ever be able to create such a product.

Sashi Reddi, Founder & CEO FXLabs Studios
We are delighted to get this award. Ghajini is India‘s very first 3D PC game and we are happy at the success we have received. We are proud that our game is now the best-selling game in India, better than any international title.