Pandavas: The Five Warriors
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Directed by | Usha Ganesh Raja |
Written by | Sujatha Rangarajan |
Edited by | B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan |
Music by | Ilaiyaraja |
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Release date | 23 December 2000 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | India |
Budget | US$10 million |
Pandavas: The Five Warriors is a 2000 Indian computer-animated film directed by Usha Ganesh Raja and produced by Pentamedia Graphics. It is India's first computer animated film.
Plot
Based on a classic Indian tale from the Mahabharata, the story depicts the eternal fight between good and evil through the tale of the five Pandavas brothers and their struggles with their cousins, the Kauravas.
Production
Pandavas: The Five Warriors is the first computer animated theatrical film to be produced by an Indian firm — the Chennai-based multimedia and graphics company Pentamedia Graphics, as well as the first computer animated adaptation of the Mahabharata. As the film was mainly targeted at western audiences, the character Duryodhana was renamed to "Dhuri", and Dharmaraja was renamed "Dharm". Focusing mainly on the story of the Pandavas from the Mahabharata, the majority of episodes in the Mahabharata were downplayed. Krishna's role in the life of the Pandavas did not receive emphasis either, and the film makes only a "passing reference" to the Bhagavad Gita.[1] Ilaiyaraaja was signed to compose the film's music, and J. D. Jerry was signed as the creative director. Sujatha Rangarajan was chosen as the screenwriter, while B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan were signed as the editors.[2]
Release
The film was released on 23 December 2000,[3] and its television rights were acquired by Cartoon Network.[4]
Reception
S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu positively reviewed the film and its technical aspects, saying "Each and every frame of the nearly 110-minute-long picture is a marvel and it is the best form of expression on celluloid."[2]
Accolades
Pandavas: The Five Warriors won the following awards:[5]
- Winner of the Second Best Animated Feature Film Award in Vancouver Effects & Animation Festival, 2001.
- National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English.
See also
References
- ^ "Pandavas go hi-tech". The Hindu. 11 January 2001. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Film Review: Pandavas-The Five Warriors". The Hindu. 29 December 2000. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Pandavas: The Five Warriors (2000) Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film". Bcdb.com. 23 December 2000. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News : Cartoon Network acquires Pentamedia's Pandavas and Sinbad; to launch in September". Indiantelevision.com. 22 June 2001. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Pentamedia -AnimationMovies". Pentamedia.in. Retrieved 8 October 2013.