“Along with many Indian flavours that have pervaded the international culture scene, Indian animation looks all set to enthrall kids everywhere. The response to our shows at the Cannes Film Festival is overwhelming.”
This is what a visibly pleased Biren Ghose, CEO & President of Kahani World, had to say from Cannes, where the company is showcasing its bouquet of 7 spanking new films with a distinct ‘Eastern flavour’ but targeted at a worldwide audience.
In the next 2 years, Kahani World, which is headquartered in Canada, will produce 7 films specially targeted at the three viewer segments of kids, tweens and teens. The content will be extended to various platforms, including dynamic new media.
Here’s a quick look at the slate of films:
Secrets of Seven Sounds, a Deepak Chopra and Shekhar Kapur production, in a joint venture with Virgin Comics.
Raju the Rickshaw predicted to be the Asian successor to ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’.
Coderman, a new kind of superhero film for tweens.
Chipkali World – The Gecko Adventures, a pioneering inter-relationship between our world and exposing the unknown ‘parallel world’ of Geckos.
Game Access – a movie that endeavors to probe into the world of video games. Co produced with Nelson Recinos, two time Emmy award winner for Spielberg’s ‘Pinky & the Brain’ and the Batman animated series.
I Prin an enchanting story of three young girls groomed to become princesses at Academie Royal, a multimedia property, co produced with Sieundesign, Korea. I Prin is also the 1st animated IMAX movie being made in India.
Ashati – the Asian Princess an Asian teenage ‘girl hero’ story, ‘crafted’ by Srinivas Krishna, a celebrated Toronto based film Director.
Kahani World is spearheaded by Biren Ghose, CEO & President, who has been ranked as one of the 25 Asian Toon Titans of 2008. .“Kahani World will pioneer animation movies with distinct & contemporary Indian themes in a ‘platter’ that makes families laugh, learn and grow together,” says Biren. He also adds, “We have the most diverse movie pipeline in animation due to the three years we have spent investing in the finest talent and technologies. In a country where, for the next 30 years, 30% of the population will be below the age of 25, we feel we are in the perfect position to crest this new wave!”
For more on each of the films, visit the Kahani World website – www.kahaniworld.com