Technopark-based Toonz Animation’s ‘Hanuman-The Immortal-2’, an animation feature, has won the Infocom-Assocham EME Awards 2013. The director of the film U K Prakashan received this award in the ‘Best Indian Animated Feature Film’ category at an event organised in India Habitat Centre, Delhi, the other day from Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal.
The Excellence in Media and Entertainment Awards, an international competition, recognises the highest talent in Animation and Visual Effects. INFOCOM has partnered with ASSOCHAM, India’s premier Industry organisation for constituting this award.
“These recognitions and awards will also help us to promote our Indian superhero Hanuman in the global animation arena and place him alongside the world’s loved superheroes like Spiderman, Superman, Batman, He-Man etc,” said P Jayakumar, CEO, Toonz Animation.
“Awards have a way of getting the best out of people. The EME awards are a great platform that the entertainment and media circuits look up to and we are indeed honoured. Kudos to the entire Toonz team that toiled day and night to bring out an outstanding film,” he added.
The film transcends between the human world and the ‘Vanar’ world and is a modern day portrayal of the legendary hero’s confrontation with a mutant demon warrior who is bent on reawakening the ‘Asura’ race.