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{{short description|Indian animation filmmaker and poet|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dhvani Desai
| image = Dhvanidesai.jpg
| alt = Dhvani Desai
| caption =
| birth_place = Mumbai
| alma mater = [[Elphinstone College]]<br>[[SVKM's NMIMS]]<br>[[Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies]]
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| known_for = [[Animation]]
|
}}

'''Dhvani Desai'''is an Indian [[animation]] filmmaker and poet. She is the author of the animated films {{lang|hi|Manpasand}} (the Perfect Match) and {{Lang|hi|Chakravyuh}} (The Vicious Circle).

==Early life==
Desai was born in Mumbai. Her father, [[Sudhir Desai]], is a poet, thinker, and scholar. Her mother, [[Tarini Desai]], is a modern short story writer in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]. Her elder sister, [[Sanskritirani Desai]], is also a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] poet.<ref name="th-16mar2008"/>

==Career==
Desai holds a [[Bachelor of Science]] in Statistics from [[Elphinstone College]], [[Mumbai]], and a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree in Finance from the [[SVKM's NMIMS]], Mumbai. Later she earned a post-graduate diploma in Computer Management from [[Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies]].<ref name="ax-7jul2007"/>

Desai entered the field of animation in 1991.<ref name="th-16mar2008"/> She worked as a trainee at a computer animation studio, where she learned [[Animation#2D animation|2D animation]]. After this, she joined [[Xavier's Institute of Communication]] in Mumbai for formal training in [[Computer animation|3D animation]], before working in two animation studios.<ref name="ax-7jul2007"/> Desai then joined the [[Computer Graphiti]] (at the time, a pioneer studio in the field of Indian animation), before establishing her own animation studio,<ref name="ax-7jul2007" /> Metamorphosis'','' in Mumbai, which has produced animations and special effects for advertising films.<ref name="th-16mar2008" />

The [[Mahatma Gandhi Foundation]] produced and Desai co-directed with her elder brother, Sanskar, a short animation film, ''The Mahatma,'' which depicted the principles of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Gandhiji]]. The film was selected at the Tehran International Animation Festival in 2001 and at the [[Mumbai International Film Festival]].<ref name="th-16mar2008"/>


The [[Children's Film Society of India]] produced and Desai directed an 11-minute long<ref name="si-10mar2008"/> animated film, {{Lang|hi|Manpasand}} (''The Perfect Match)''.<ref name="th-16mar2008"/> It was screened at the 9th Hamburg Children's Short Film Festival<ref name="th-16mar2008"/><ref name="ie-13mar2008"/> and won a medal at the 2008 [[New York Festival]]'s Film and Video Awards.<ref name="th-16mar2008"/><ref name="toi-11february2008"/> The [[Panchatantra]]-based tale used the [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnavite]] Sanjhi art style, a form of [[stencil]] art,<ref name="tp-22jun2007"/> and took over two years to make, with 42 artists working on it.<ref name="th-16mar2008"/><ref name="th-18november2007"/>


{{lang|hi|Manpasand}} was nominated at the International Animation Film Festival in Hollywood and selected at several other international film festivals.<ref name="th-16mar2008"/> The film was screened at Hyderabad's ''[[The Golden Elephant]]'' (the 15th International Children's Film Festival) in November 2007<ref name="th-16mar2008"/><ref name="fullhyd"/> and was the inaugural film at the Asian Women's Film Festival in New Delhi in 2008.<ref name="un-27mar2008"/><ref name="ie-2mar2008"/>

Desai has also worked on cartoon and animated titles produced by the [[National Film Development Corporation of India]].<ref name="th-18november2007"/>

{{Lang|hi|Chakravyuh}} (The Vicious Circle), her film promoting awareness around India's [[Right to Information Act]] (RTI), was produced by the Films Division and released on the 8th Anniversary of the RTI Act in an event organised by the Public Concern for Governance Trust (PCGT), the Indian Merchants' Chamber's ( IMC ) Anti Corruption Cell, and Bombay Chartered Accountants Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/movies/hindi/indian-animation-film-on-rti-in-sweden-s-insane-animation-film-fest-150825|title=Indian animation film on RTI In Sweden?s I.N.S.A.N.E Animation Film Fest (sic)|date=25 Aug 2015|website=Indian Television|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205015934/http://www.indiantelevision.com/movies/hindi/indian-animation-film-on-rti-in-sweden-s-insane-animation-film-fest-150825|archive-date=5 February 2016|url-status=live|access-date=29 Sep 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imcnet.org/cms/public/content/publications/NOV-DEC_UPLOAD2013.pdf|title=IMC Journal Volume 107/Issue 3 November-December 2013|website=Imcnet.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929220242/http://www.imcnet.org/cms/public/content/publications/NOV-DEC_UPLOAD2013.pdf|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=29 Sep 2018}}</ref>

==Awards==

* ''Gold Remi Award'', 41st World Fest Houston, U.S.A. 2008 (for ''Manpasand — The Perfect Match'')<ref name="wf2008"/><ref name="pib-25april2008"/>
* Bronze World Medal [[2008 New York Film Festival]]<ref name="nyf2008"/><ref name="cfs-ar"/><ref name="ii-20mar2008"/>
* Silver Award (Best First Short Fiction of a Director), Indian Documentary Producer's Association, 2007<ref name="idpa2007"/><ref name="it-28april2008"/>
* Prix Danube Festival award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-animation-films-steal-mumbai-international-film-festival-show-this-year-1959503|title=Animation films steal Mumbai International Film Festival show this year|date=5 Feb 2014|website=DNA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315091959/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-animation-films-steal-mumbai-international-film-festival-show-this-year-1959503|archive-date=15 March 2018|url-status=live|access-date=29 Sep 2018}}</ref>
* Award for Best Practices in RTI, DOPT{{clarify|date=December 2018}}, Government of India and Yashada<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/03/indian-animation-weekly-update-3-124297/|title=Indian Animation – Weekly Update (#3)|last=Patten|first=Fred|date=30 March 2014|work=IndieWire|access-date=29 Sep 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929224213/https://www.indiewire.com/2014/03/indian-animation-weekly-update-3-124297/|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Most Popular Film Award, Mumbai International Film Festival, 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-mumbai-international-film-festival-2014-doffs-hat-to-human-spirit-with-awards-at-closure-1960639|title=Mumbai International Film Festival 2014 doffs hat to human spirit with awards at closure|last=Pawar|first=Yogesh|date=10 Feb 2014|website=DNA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425233455/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-mumbai-international-film-festival-2014-doffs-hat-to-human-spirit-with-awards-at-closure-1960639|archive-date=25 April 2014|url-status=live|access-date=20 Sep 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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|url-status=live
}}</ref>
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|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/to-brajbhoomi-for-animation/282560/
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<ref name="tp-22jun2007">{{cite news
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|url-status=dead
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<ref name="wf2008">{{cite web
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}}</ref>
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|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=38069
|title=CFSI film 'Manpasand' bags award at Houston Festival
|date=25 April 2008
|work=Press Information Bureau
|publisher=[[Government of India]]
|access-date=20 January 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="idpa2007">{{cite web
|url=http://www.idpaindia.org/awards/awards_2007.html
|title=IDPA Awards for Excellence 2007
|year=2007
|publisher=Indian Documentary Producer's Association
|access-date=18 January 2010
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<ref name="it-28april2008">{{cite news
|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/aac/y2k8/aac292.php
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|date=28 April 2008
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|access-date=20 January 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="nyf2008">{{cite web
|url=http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/res/pdf/2008WinnersBookletFV.pdf
|title=New York Festivals 2008 Film & Video Awards Winners Booklet
|year=2008
|publisher=[[New York Festivals]]
|access-date=20 January 2010
|location=[[New York City|New York]], [[US]]}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal|last=Kunchev|first=Pencho|author2=Nikolova, Tsvetomira|year=2008|title=The Indian animation - Conversation with the director Dhvani Desai|journal=Kino Magazine|location=Bulgaria|issue=3|url=http://www.filmmakersbg.org/kino-issue3-2008-eng.htm|access-date=20 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209034305/http://www.filmmakersbg.org/kino-issue3-2008-eng.htm|archive-date=9 February 2010|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Lent |first1=John A |title=Animation in South Asia |journal=Studies in South Asian Film & Media |date=1 May 2009 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=101–117 |doi=10.1386/safm.1.1.101_1}}

==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.cfsindia.org/animation/101.htm|title=Manpasand (Perfect Match): Synopsis|publisher=Children's Film Society, India|access-date=20 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218184650/http://www.cfsindia.org/animation/101.htm|archive-date=18 February 2010|url-status=dead}}

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