Toonz India Ltd

Toonz Animation India Pvt. Ltd. is an animation company in India. It is the animation arm of the Singapore-based Toonz Group, which has diverse interests in production and distribution of live-action feature films, digital and gaming content, licensing and merchandising, and media-related education.^[1]^[2] It was available in both English and Hindi languages.^[3]

Toonz Animation was started in 1999 by G. A. Menon and Bill Dennis, who had worked on Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Toonz Animation is located in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), the capital city of Kerala. Its office is currently situated in the Technopark; it is expanding to a new 2.5-acre (10,000 m²) campus in the Kinfra Film and Video Park in Trivandrum.

Major projects on which Toonz Animation has worked include The Adventures of Tenali Raman, Hanuman, Freefonix, Wolverine and the X-Men, Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Kid Krrish, and Gaturro."^[4]

Toonz Animation is also the producer of the popular cricket based 2D animated teleseries Howzzattt.

Gaturro(film) a 90-minute 3D-animation feature film, including character design has been done in the Toonz Animation studio at Technopark Campus, Trivandrum,Kerala

References

↑ "Cartoon Network acquires two new Indian animated series from Toonz Animation > afaqs! news & features". Afaqs.com. 27 February 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
↑ Nita Sathyendran (16 November 2012). "Animated adventures". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
↑ "Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News : Cartoon Netwoork to air 'The adventures of Tenali Raman' on 14 June". Indiantelevision.com. 12 June 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
↑ "Cartoons jump the 'desi' wagon". The Hindu. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

External links

Official site

Indian animation industry

Notable feature films	The Banyan Deer (1957) Ek Anek Aur Ekta (1974) Raja Chinna Roja (1989) Deepa & Rupa: A Fairy Tale from India (1990) Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (1992) O' Faby (1993) Pandavas - The Five Warriors (2000) Son of Aladdin (2003) Hanuman (2005) Kittu (2006) Bal Ganesh (2007) Inimey Nangathan (2007) Return of Hanuman (2007) Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang (2008) Ghatothkach (2008) Dashavatar (2008) Jumbo (2008) Roadside Romeo (2008) Bal Ganesh 2 (2009) Lava Kusa: The Warrior Twins (2010) Ramayana: The Epic (2010) Toonpur Ka Super Hero (2010) Crackers (2011) Super K – The Movie (2011) Arjun – The Warrior Prince (2012) Chhota Bheem and the Curse of Damyaan (2012) Eega (2012) Delhi Safari (2012) Sons of Ram (2012) Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya (2013) Mahabharat (2013) Once Upon a Time (2013) Chhota Bheem and the Throne of Bali (2014) Kochadaiiyaan (2014) True Love Story (2014) Alibaba Aur 41 Chor (2016)

Television	The Adventures of Tenali Raman Vir The Robot Boy Shaktimaan Animated Chamatkari Telephone Little Krishna Chhota Bheem Ghayab Aaya Motu Patlu Chorr Police Roll No 21 Akbar Birbal Kumbh Karan Pakdam Pakdai

Companies	Tata Elxsi Makuta Animation Pentamedia Graphics Children's Film Society, India Crest Animation Studios Disney India Turner International India Toonz India Ltd Trace VFX

People	Nikhil Advani Soundarya R. Ashwin Suddhasattwa Basu Rajiv Chilaka Jugal Hansraj Karan Johar Ram Mohan Vijaya Mulay S. P. Muthuraman S. S. Rajamouli Gitanjali Rao Binu Sasidharan Pankaj Sharma Manick Sorcar Singeetam Srinivasa Rao

Awards	National Film Award for Best Animated Film National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film

Schools, Colleges and Institutes	University Institute of Animation & Multimedia, CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY National Institute of Design National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar Industrial Design Centre DSK International Campus Arena Animation Frameboxx Animation & Visual Effects Image College of Arts, Animation & Technology

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