Sunday, May 11, 2008

animated history, historical animation...

when i was a kid, i used to watch ducktales, talespin as my favourite cartoon serials on dd metro on sundays.. in the continuation, i also used to watch mythological serials like mahabharat nd ramayana wid my parents...
den as da years passed by, cartoon network was introduced in our country n dere were hell lot of choices available for cartoon viewing... similarly many oder tv channels tried to make a modernised version of dose historical epics... tried to watch all, but slowly da interest felt down...
sports was da only thing i could now watch or else bollywood movies.. to be precise, only cricket n sum masala movies cud make me sit in front of da idiot box for hours now....
dis story doesnt involve only me but all the ppl of my genre...
after some tym, reality shows were introduced including many quiz shows...
i was watching it one day n suddenly a question on mythology appeared nd it was amazing to c dat i answered da question juz mere for da fact dat i watched da episode related to dat particular question a few years back...
da point i m trying to prove here is dat even when i saw sumthin on idiot box a few years back, i was able to recall it... den y dont we follow such trends today.. so dat da kids of today can learn deir history n mythology in a better way...
well i guess "Animation" industry heard my voice n tuk an initiative to get da interest of whizkids in our traditions n values... yess da same industry which produced so many movies on our mythology n values dat its commendable on deir part to bring back da interest of all da generation into critical part of history which nobody even wants to hear now...
animation industry has given chance to da children of today to learn from da characters dat existed in past in an interesting way... be it da movie hanuman, ramayana, bal ganesha, or any other, all have been responded well by the audience... short serials on da life of prince ram, sri krishna, chanakya, pandavas, etc gave everybody a chance to inherit da good habits n learn from deir good deeds.... 2day every child remembers da good qualities of hanuman juz thru an animated movie... modernised version of epics were presented in front of present generation n everybody accepted it whole heartedly.... tremendous response was received by dese animated projects n dis encouraged dem to go for it further....
not only dis, but animation industry has created a lot job employement for all dose ppl who wanted to be professional but cud not devote much money n time... da duration of dis course shortened da process of getting into work n only creativity lead da employees to reach da pinnacle..

i think dat animation insdustry should be given a proper treatment in our country, so dat it could help us on various important apsects in different scenarios...
it can help us to revive history which is indeed very necessary for an individual to know da vaue of its existence.. like all da freedom movements cud be shown in animated series so dat ppl get 2 know abt da birth of dis country in detail n dat to wid a lot of interest... the rich culture of our country could be demonstrated which will inculcate da feeling of love for da nation among ppl n dey wud want to kno more abt it.. dis myt even increase tourism in different parts of our country.... even da studies for students wud become lot more easier n dose who feared of boring subject like history,ethics,mythilogy myt start studying dem wid interest....
but all dese things need a lot of detailed study n contribution from both media n bollywood... cuz dey both can work together to create such work which will be a mixture of both entertainment nd information i.e. "Infotainment"...
so da birth of animation myt be considered as historical if it can work in positive direction wid da proper support of money, infrastructure n above all da viewers...

1 comment:

Varun Arora said...

When i was reading this article, at first i realized maybe when we are quite young we have a completely diffrent understanding of cartoons and animations. We are very close to those characters.

Consider this, i am sure most of us used to watch a short cartoon series called "PINGU". Amazingly what used to be my favourite show, i cannot understand it today!

Anyways coming back to the point, i indeed agree in modern times we are going away from our heritage. If these animated stuff can still keep us linked with the culture and mythology, its a god's gift to modern era.

Infact we can read 100s of foriegn author novels, but just for once if we can step back onto our own mythology books, say Geeta, its not just the main story that goes in, but it is actually a series of further examples and tales that gives such valuable teachings that you can easily relate to your personal lives! Isnt that amazing that books dated back 1000s of years still find so much relevance in modern life!

Indeed only the resurrection and restructuring these epics may keep them alive in coming times!