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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = O' Faby<br />
| native_name = {{film name|mal|ഓ ഫാബി}}<br />
| image = O' Faaby1993.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical poster<br />
| director = [[Sreekumar Krishnan Nair]] (as K. Sreekuttan)<br />
| producer = Simon Tharakan<br />
| writer = Simon Tharakan<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = <br />
| starring = [[Nagesh]]<br />[[Thilakan]]<br />[[Srividya]]<br />Roque Tharakan<br />[[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]]<br />[[Manoj K. Jayan]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Jayanan Vincent]] </br> P.N. Sundaram </br>[[K. Ramachandra Babu]] </br>[[Venugopal]]<br />
| editing = [[M. S. Mani (film editor)|M. S. Mani]]<br />
| animator = [[Ram Mohan]] </br> Ram Mohan Biographics & Gimmicks<br />
| production_companies = Jensher Productions <br />
| distributor = Jensher Productions <br />
| released = 27 August 1993<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = 1.4 crores<ref name="filmcomp">{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/o-faby-the-heartbreaking-story-behind-indias-first-live-action-animated-film-who-framed-roger-rabbit/#cancel |title=O' Faby: The Heartbreaking Story Behind India's First Live-Action/Animated Film |last=Menon |first=Vishal |date=9 March 2019 |website=[[Film Companion]] |access-date=5 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026072044/https://www.filmcompanion.in/o-faby-the-heartbreaking-story-behind-indias-first-live-action-animated-film-who-framed-roger-rabbit/|archive-date=26 October 2019}}</ref><br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''O' Faby''''' is a 1993 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language film. It was Asia's first full-length [[Live-action animated film|live action/animation]] hybrid feature film.The film is directed by [[Sreekumar Krishnan Nair]]. It stars [[Nagesh]], [[Thilakan]], Roque Tharkan, [[Manoj K. Jayan]] and [[Srividya]] in lead roles. The director of animation was [[Ram Mohan]], known as the father of Indian animation.<br />
The film also featured famous singers, [[KJ Yesudas]], [[KS Chithra]] and [[SP Balasubrahmanyam]] singing various songs in which the lyrics are penned by [[Bichu Thirumala]]. The [[cinematography]] team included [[Jayanan Vincent]], [[Ramachandra Babu]] and [[Venugopal Madathil]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
''O' Faby'' tells the story of the friendship between the hero and the animated character, Faby. The producer's son Roque played the hero role. The movie is about the various troubles the hero falls in and how Faby helps him out of these situations.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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*[[Shammi Thilakan]] as Faby (voice dubbed for an animation character)<br />
*Roque Tharakan as Sandy (voiced by [[Sudheesh]])<br />
*[[Nagesh]] as Muthu Swami<br />
*[[Thilakan]] as Commissioner Nair<br />
*[[Srividya]] as Sophie<br />
*[[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as John<br />
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as SI Sekher<br />
*[[Ilavarasi]] as Jeni<br />
*[[Manoj K. Jayan]] as SI Siby<br />
*[[Krishnankutty Nair]] as Slum man<br />
*[[NL Balakrishnan]] as Fernandez<br />
*[[Philomina]] as Mary<br />
*[[Subair]] as CI Jayashankar<br />
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Rappai<br />
*[[Narendra Prasad]] as Saint<br />
*[[Raghavan (actor)|Raghavan]] as PC Rajaram<br />
*[[Mamukkoya]] as Tea seller<br />
*[[Sukumari]] as Slum Lady<br />
*[[Divya Unni]] as Child Artist<br />
*[[Sandra Thomas]] as Child Artist<br />
*Sachith Soju as Child Artist<br />
*Shajith as Kishore<br />
*Rafeeq as Christopher<br />
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== Production ==<br />
=== Development ===<br />
K. Sreekuttan, son of veteran director M. Krishnan Nair decided to make a live-action animated film after watching ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' and wanted to attempt similar experiment in Malayalam. Simon Tharakan, an NRI who came to know about a news article of mechanical robot founded by Sreekuttan's friend '''''[https://youtube.com/channel/UCVgb5Q8wIcy0ZhgQ_GkmWNQ V.S Sabu]''''' travelled to India to meet the inventor and he decided to produce a film.<ref name="filmcomp" /><br />
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Sabu and Tharakan decided to have Sreekuttan to handle the direction after observing his work on the sets of ''Sargam''. Sreekuttan expressed his interest to do a live-action animated film to which they agreed. Tharakan came up with a concept based on character Fagin from ''Oliver Twist''. Tharakan's son Roquey was chosen to portray the film's main protagonist.<ref name="filmcomp" /><br />
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=== Filming ===<br />
To make actors react and emote to the animated character, Sreekuttan chosen Raghu of ''Mela'' to play human version of Faby and a costume was created to resemble the sketches of Faby and given to Raghu. After this, the scenes were shot again leaving spaces to be “filled in later” with the animated figures.<ref name="filmcomp" /><br />
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For the post-production to include animation, makers met Ram Mohan, father of animation who scolded them for making a film without employing an animator for pre-production and for not story boarding the film however he then gave them drawings for the cartoon characters along with a template of expressions for each situation.<ref name="filmcomp" /> Makers had problems in including the animated sequences to the footage so a basic Click 3 camera was bought and a halogen light was fixed onto it, "Each film from O’ Faby's reels was then fixed onto the Click 3 camera for the image to get magnified, making the tracing simpler". Around 50 artists too were hired full-time to sketch the cartoon characters into [[cel]] sheets which went on for more than a year.<ref name="filmcomp" /> The film's budget was around 1.4. crores.<ref name="filmcomp" /><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
Soundtrack was composed by Johnson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/listsongs.php?m=2698|title=List of Malayalam Songs from the movie O Faby|work=Malayala Chithiram|date=26 Oct 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026072543/https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/listsongs.php?m=2698|archive-date=26 October 2019}}</ref><br />
*O Faby - [[K. J. Yesudas]]<br />
*Rajapakshi - K. J. Yesudas<br />
*Dingara Dinga - [[S. P. Balasubramaniam]]<br />
*Thaaazhathum - [[K. S. Chithra]]<br />
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== Release ==<br />
Simon Tharakan who produced the film had distributed it all by himself. The film was released in August 1993 despite hype, the film bombed at the box-office.<ref name="filmcomp" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0353824|O' Faby}}<br />
{{India Animation Industry}}<br />
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[[Category:1993 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian animated films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films with live action and animation]]<br />
[[Category:1990s children's fantasy films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian children's fantasy films]]<br />
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