A Fable Retold

Mansube Machilidhar

Evolved around a humorous story, the cartoon illustrates how development of fisheries in village ponds can become a good source of revenue for Panchayats in India, enabling them to undertake development activities.

Moments with the Maestro

An abridged version of the film “Ravi Shankar”, a film portrait of the Sitar Maestro, depicting through a series of interviews and recitals his versatile personality as a well-known classical performer and a creative composer of Indian Music.

Claxplosion

It is an experimental quickie on family planning. Using pixelation and electronic music, the film depicts the idea that two children are enough for a family.

Abid

“Unlike a cartoon film, which is a rapidly moving series of photographed drawings, in pixilation, a moving object is shot frame by frame, and then through clever editing made to appear in motion. By its nature, this movement is agile, energetic and unpredictable just like the pop art movement.” [Pramod Pati]

Explorer

An experimental film by Pramod Pati that presents to us a sensory collage of icons, symbols and the every-day. Exploring the mood and ambitions of youth at the time, the film eschews narrative and commentary to present the excitement and expectations of its participants.

Trip

A timelapse short film that chronicles Bombay of the 1970s. Used as educational tool to understand time-lapse, sound sync and lighting apart from historical chronicle of a city.

Wives and Wives

In the mighty task of building a new India every body in the countryhas his or her effective role to play. So has the housewife. This iswhat the cartoon depicts with a humorous little story written arounda modern bachelor who visits a marriage bureau to select a bride - tobe precise a good housewife.

This Our India

This cartoon film presents in a nutshell, with the help of animated maps and diagrams, some geographical and economic facts about India. It shows how the people of India under the Five Year Plan Projects are striving to achieve a fuller and better life for all.

Our National Anthem

The film aims to help Indian children to learn the correct way to sing India's National Anthem.

Six Five Four Three Two

A propaganda mass education film on family planning distributed by the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division, pushing the message that two children are enough for one household.