Design Course
The Story of Indian Animation
History and Journey so far
by
Ram Mohan
Ram Mohan
The 84-year-old Indian who has inspired generation of animators. He is the only Indian animator to receive the prestigious Padma Shri Award by the Government of India.
Awards and Filmography:
1957- 'A Banyan Deer'- Cartoon Film Unit, Films Division of India.
1968- 'Baap re Baap'- produced by Prasad Productions. Scripted, designed and directed by Ram Mohan. It won National Award for the best short film on Family Planning, 1969.
1971- 'You Said It' produced by Prasad Productions for Film Division. Scripted, designed and directed by Ram Mohan. It won National Award for the best film in 1972.
1972 - 74- Series of films called 'Down to Earth'(12 min each) - produced by Prasad Productions for the Family Planning Association of India.
Part 1: 'The Friendly Planet'
Part 2: 'The Ravaged Elements'
Part 3: 'The Island of Graph'
Part 4: 'The Fourth Revolution' - produced by Ram Mohan Biographics.
1983- 'Fire Games'- produced by ShilpaBharati. Designed and directed by Ram Mohan.
1984- National Award for the Best Animation Film- "Fire Games"
1989- 'Taru'- produced for Children's Film Society of India-18 min. Design and directed by Ram Mohan.
1992- 'Ramayana- The Legend of Prince Rama' – 135 mins. Co-produced and Directed along with Yugo Sako.
1994- 'The White Elephant'- produced in co-operation with ACCU, Tokyo based on an Indian- Fable.
1995- Project 'Meena' with UNICEF - 13 episodes with 20 - 25 artists – few of the starting episodes weredone in collaboration with FIL Cartoons, Manila. Animation for the rest of the episodes was done at Ram Mohan Biographics studio.
1996- Communication Arts Guild Hall of Frame award for Life Time achievement.
2001- Advertising Club Award 'ABBY' for Life Time Achievement.
2002- Chairman, Graphiti Multimedia, Pvt. Ltd.
2003- I.D.P.A. "Ezra Mir" award for Life-Time Achievement. Broadcast India.
2014- Awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Have a look at some of his wonderful sketches and doodles.
