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| director = [[Vijaya Mulay]]<br> [[Bhimsain]]<br />
| producer = [[Films Division of India]]<br />
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| screenplay =[[Vijaya Mulay]]<br />
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| music = [[Vasant Desai]]<br />
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| editing = Waman B. Bhosle and Guru Dutt Shirali (Waman-Guru)<br />
| studio = [[National Council of Educational Research and Training|National Centre for Education Technology (NCERT)]]<br />
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| released = {{Film date|1974}}<br />
| runtime = 7:07<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
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'''''Ek Anek Aur Ekta''''' or "One, Many, and Unity" (also known as ''Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiyan'' after the title song) is a [[Traditional animation|traditionally animated]] short educational film released by the [[Films Division of India]] ([[Government of India]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/jubilee-year/401806/0|title=Jubilee Year - Films Division celebrates six decades of telling the story of India|date=23 December 2008|newspaper=Indian Express|access-date=18 August 2013}}</ref> It was released in 1974.<ref name="Bhimsain">{{cite book|last=Narwekar|first=Sanjit|title=Directory of Indian film-makers and films|publisher=Flicks Books|location=Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England|year=1994|pages=54|isbn=978-0-948911-40-8|oclc=30386224}}<!--|accessdate=17 March 2009--></ref> It was aired on the public broadcaster channel [[Doordarshan]] and became very popular among children.<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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The film was intended to teach the value of unity and teamwork to children (Unity in Diversity). It also contains the message of how India is stronger if its citizens stand united, regardless of cultural differences. It begins with a group of children playing in a garden with one of them asking his elder sister, "Didi, yeh anek kya hota hai?", or in English, "Sis, what do you mean by Many?". The rest of the film is the sister's reply, using a [[metaphorical]] story of how a group of birds escape a bird catcher by uniting to recruit their friends, a group of mice.<br />
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== The team ==<br />
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The film was directed by [[Vijaya Mulay]] and [[Bhimsain]] with design, animation and creation by [[Bhimsain]].<ref name="Bhimsain"/> The lyrics of ''Hind Desh ke Niwasi'' were written by [[Vinay Chandra Maudgalya]]. [[Sadhna Sargam]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/I-wont-mind-singing-an-item-number-Sadhna-Sargam/articleshow/12880922.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130817170451/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-27/news-and-interviews/31411301_1_songs-singers-gujarati-film|url-status=live|archive-date=2013-08-17|title=I won't mind singing an item number: unknown singer|author=Abhimanyu Mishra|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> sang ''Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiyan''. The assistants were S.M. Hasan, Mahesh Taavre and Girish Rao. The film won the [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|Best Educational Film]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Bela Rani|title=Women's Rights and World Development|editor=Vijay Kaushik|publisher=Sarup & Sons|year=1998|series=Encyclopaedia of human rights & women's development|volume=5|pages=350|isbn=978-81-7625-015-3|oclc=70510934|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qnJ9J9UygR0C&q=ek+anek+ekta%2C+mulay&pg=PA350}}</ref> It was the first film from the animation studios of then [[National Council of Educational Research and Training|Center for Education Technology]].<ref>{{cite journal|year=1975|title=National Film Awards|journal=The Education Quarterly|publisher=Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, Government of India|volume=27|pages=34|issn=0013-1482|oclc=1567557}}</ref> The film also won [https://archive.today/20130817170445/http://www.climbmedia.com/portfolio/docus_shorts.html the Best Children's Film award in Japan].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.climbmedia.com/docshorts.htm|title=Documentaries and Shorts|publisher=Climb Media|access-date=17 March 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The film is considered to be one of India's greatest examples of animation story-telling, and well remembered by the 80s generation as a classic illustration of ''Anekta mein Ekta''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050213/spectrum/main1.htm|title=Tales Well Told|date=13 February 2005|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=17 March 2010}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{IMDb title|id=0156504|title=Ek Anek Aur Ekta}}<br />
* {{YouTube|id = UHxsbqS2hmQ|title = ''Ek Anek Aur Ekta''}}<br />
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[[Category:1974 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian short documentary films]]<br />
[[Category:1974 animated short films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian animated short films]]<br />
[[Category:1974 Hindi-language films]]<br />
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