Name Kireet Khurana | Parents Bhimsain Role Filmmaker | |
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Born 25 October 1967 (age 57) Mumbai, India ( 1967-10-25 ) Occupation Filmmaker, animator, ad-film director Movies Toonpur Ka Super Hero, Dooriyaan, Mahagiri, Trade - Commerce, Orchestra, 'O' Similar People Bhimsain, Kumar Mangat, Chinky Jaiswal, Amey Pandya, Mukesh Tiwari |
Dosti realty
Kireet Khurana (born 25 October 1967, Mumbai, India) is an Indian filmmaker, storyteller, and ad-film director. He graduated from Sheridan College in Canada with high-honors. After graduating, he founded the production house Climb Media, and later its animation wing, 2nz Animation Co., where he serves as creative head.
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- Dosti realty
- Kireet khurana on cnbc episode 2 part 1
- Personal
- Film awards
- Trade
- Mahagiri
- O
- Chotta Birbal
- Shaadi Ka Laddoo
- Sand Castle
- Filmography
- Other accomplishments
- Upcoming projects
- References
Kireet has won more than 30 awards, including five prestigious President's National Awards for his short films, the first of which he won in 1995 for the animated film Mahagiri. He has made over 12 short films, and over 400 ad films. He is the director of India's first film combining live-action and 3D animation called Toonpur Ka Super Hero, starring Ajay Devgan and Kajol.
Kireet khurana on cnbc episode 2 part 1
Personal
Born in 1967, Kireet grew up in a creative environment. His exposure to animation films started from age six as his father, Bhimsain, an animation pioneer in India, nurtured and encouraged his creative leanings. Kireet attended the Jamnabai Narsee School and later completed a BA with a major in economics from Mumbai University. Soon thereafter, he went on to graduate in 1994 from Sheridan College, Canada, with honors, in animation filmmaking.
Film awards
As a producer, Kireet Khurana has worked on many award-winning public service campaigns, including a series of four short films for Childline India Foundation on child labor, child marriage, corporal punishment and child sexual abuse. Komal, a film on child sexual abuse, won the FICCI Best Animated Frames (BAF) Award in 2014. Sisters, a film on child marriage, won the Best Public Service and Social Film awards at the INFOCOM-ASSOCHAM EME Awards in 2013. Education Counts won the "Viewer's Choice" award at ANIFEST 2013.
For its close association with NASSCOM, Climb Media was honoured with an award at the NASSCOM 25 years' celebration.
Trade
Trade is a film on child prostitution. It was the first Indo-Canadian animation co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and UNICEF It also won the National Award for Best Animation Film Direction in 1998.
Mahagiri
Mahagiri won two President's National Awards for Best Animation Film Direction and Animation in 1995, as well as a Certificate of Merit at the Mumbai International Film Festival in 1996.
O
O won two National Awards (Best Animation Film; Direction and Animation) in 1996, as well as a Silver Ebensee Award at the Festival Der Nationen in Austria in 1995.
Chotta Birbal
Chotta Birbal won the Seagate Technical Award for Excellence in 2004 for Best Animated Series. Chhota Birbal is also the first Indian animation character to be licensed.
Shaadi Ka Laddoo
The 2004 comedy film made history using an animation-live action technique for a song in a film for the first time in Bollywood. This song won the Seagate Technical Excellence Award for best visual effects in a feature in 2005.
Sand Castle
This short film about paedophilia was funded by international bodies like UNIFEM and Save the Children India. It won the Best Public Service Message film award at the Seagate Technical Excellence Awards in 2006. It was also part of the official selection at the Bimini Festival.
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The Indian animation scene reached a turning point with the release of India's first 3D animation-live action combination feature film, Toonpur Ka Super Hero ("Toonpur's Super Hero") written by Raagi Bhatnagar and directed by Kireet Khurana. The film features Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Sanjai Mishra, Tanuja and Mukesh Tiwari in lead roles, along with a number of animated characters. The film was remade in English in early 2011; it was a box office hit, making high gross earnings within a two-week period. It was a moderate commercial success and received some positive reviews from critics.
This documentary profiles the celebrated Hindi film director, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, known as much for his embrace of leftist politics and social concerns as lyrical cinema.
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