The tree is gone. In its place: a building, a road, something useful. Nobody held a…
Author: Pooja Raj Thakkar
Vaibhav Studios’ ‘Return Of The Jungle’ shows the power of homegrown storytelling
India has stories to spare. They have travelled by word of mouth for millennia, through the…
Prince charming can wait
Every girl grows up with an idea of what her ideal man should look like. When…
The horror of impossible choices
Some ideas will not leave you alone. They sit in the dark and wait. Imanol Ortiz…
Annecy Specials: Mugshot Studios heads to Annecy with AI pipeline and original kids’ IP
A Mumbai animation startup is done being a service vendor to the world. Mugshot Studios arrives…
From sketchbooks to Pixar: How a rat in a kitchen changed one Indian animator’s life
Ravindra Dwivedi was the sort of child who filled sketchbooks rather than emptied them. While classmates…
Ghosts, gore and 700 shots: How WRC Studios pulled off ‘Bhooth Bangla’s VFX trickery
Comedy and horror make for an unforgiving marriage. Get the timing wrong by a beat, and…
Exclusive: 6,000 shots, zero room for error – Dhruti Ranjan Sahoo breaks down the high-stakes VFX of ‘Dhurandhar’
“When the VFX isn’t seen in the film, but the impact is felt, that’s the real…
In a tap-and-spend world, Serhan Yorganci’s animated film, ‘Square Heads’ brings back the value of effort
The value of money is something most of us learned early in life. Back in school,…
Music to Merchandise: Animotion’s 360-degree approach to making IPs globally viable
At the Hong Kong International Film and TV Market, Animotion Media Group general manager Julia Nikolaeva…
Filmart 2026: From animation to theme parks, Daisy Shang shares Fantawild’s integrated IP strategy
Hong Kong International Film and TV Market, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC),…
After a 7.5 per cent dip in 2025, India’s esports market enters its next phase, says Ficci EY Report 26
India’s esports revolution isn’t coming; it’s already loading. As India’s orange economy continues to surge, the…
