Dhvani Desaiis an Indian animation filmmaker and poet. She is the author of the animated films Template:Lang (the Perfect Match) and Template:Lang (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. Her elder sister, Sanskritirani Desai, is also a Gujarati poet.[1]
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.[2]
Desai entered the field of animation in 1991.[1] She worked as a trainee at a computer animation studio, where she learned 2D animation. After this, she joined Xavier's Institute of Communication in Mumbai for formal training in 3D animation, before working in two animation studios.[2] Desai then joined the Computer Graphiti (at the time, a pioneer studio in the field of Indian animation), before establishing her own animation studio,[2] Metamorphosis, in Mumbai, which has produced animations and special effects for advertising films.[1]
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 Gandhiji. The film was selected at the Tehran International Animation Festival in 2001 and at the Mumbai International Film Festival.[1]
The Children's Film Society of India produced and Desai directed an 11-minute long[3] animated film, Template:Lang (The Perfect Match).[1] It was screened at the 9th Hamburg Children's Short Film Festival[1][4] and won a medal at the 2008 New York Festival's Film and Video Awards.[1][5] The Panchatantra-based tale used the Vaishnavite Sanjhi art style, a form of stencil art,[6] and took over two years to make, with 42 artists working on it.[1][7]
Template:Lang was nominated at the International Animation Film Festival in Hollywood and selected at several other international film festivals.[1] The film was screened at Hyderabad's The Golden Elephant (the 15th International Children's Film Festival) in November 2007[1][8] and was the inaugural film at the Asian Women's Film Festival in New Delhi in 2008.[9][10]
Desai has also worked on cartoon and animated titles produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India.[7]
Template:Lang (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.[11][12]
Awards
- Gold Remi Award, 41st World Fest Houston, U.S.A. 2008 (for Manpasand — The Perfect Match)[13][14]
- Bronze World Medal 2008 New York Film Festival[15][16][17]
- Silver Award (Best First Short Fiction of a Director), Indian Documentary Producer's Association, 2007[18][19]
- Prix Danube Festival award[20]
- Award for Best Practices in RTI, DOPTTemplate:Clarify, Government of India and Yashada[21]
- Most Popular Film Award, Mumbai International Film Festival, 2014[22]
References
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- ↑ IMC Journal Volume 107/Issue 3 November-December 2013. Imcnet.org. Retrieved 29 Sep 2018.
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- ↑ Indian Animation – Weekly Update (#3). IndieWire(30 March 2014). Retrieved 29 Sep 2018.
- ↑ Mumbai International Film Festival 2014 doffs hat to human spirit with awards at closure, Pawar, Yogesh. DNA(10 Feb 2014). Retrieved 20 Sep 2014.
Further reading
- The Indian animation - Conversation with the director Dhvani Desai. Kino Magazine({Template:Year).
- Animation in South Asia. Studies in South Asian Film & Media({Template:Date).
External links
- Manpasand (Perfect Match): Synopsis. Children's Film Society, India. Retrieved 20 January 2010.