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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Pandavas: The Five Warriors<br />
| image = Pandavas dvd animated.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = DVD cover<br />
| director = Usha Ganesh Raja<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = [[Sujatha Rangarajan]]<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Mahabharata]]''|[[Ganesha]]}}<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = <br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = [[B. Lenin]]<br />[[V. T. Vijayan]]<br />
| studio = [[Pentamedia Graphics]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|2000|12|23|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 110 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = English<br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Pandavas: The Five Warriors''''' is a 2000 Indian English-language animated [[List of Hindu mythological or devotional films|Hindu mythological film]] directed by Usha Ganesh Raja and produced by [[Pentamedia Graphics]]. Based on the five [[Pandava]] brothers from the Indian epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'', it is India's first [[Computer animation|computer animated film]], and won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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The film revolves around the eternal fight between the five [[Pandava]] brothers – [[Yudhishthira]], [[Bhima]], [[Arjuna]], [[Nakula]] and [[Sahadeva]] – and their malicious cousins, the [[Kaurava]]s.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Pandavas: The Five Warriors'' is the first computer animated theatrical film to be produced by an Indian company&nbsp;— the [[Chennai]]-based multimedia and graphics company [[Pentamedia Graphics]], as well as the first computer animated adaptation of the ''[[Mahabharata]]''. As the film was mainly targeted at western audiences, the character [[Duryodhana]] was renamed "Dhuri", and [[Yama|Dharmaraja]] was renamed "Dharm". Focusing mainly on the story of the [[Pandava]] brothers, the majority of episodes in the ''Mahabharata'' were downplayed. [[Krishna]]'s role in the life of the Pandavas did not receive emphasis either, and the film makes only a "passing reference" to the [[Bhagavad Gita]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kannan |first=K. |date=11 January 2001 |title=Pandavas go hi-tech |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/01/11/stories/14112185.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519215655/http://www.hindu.com/2001/01/11/stories/14112185.htm |archive-date=19 May 2007}}</ref> [[Ilaiyaraaja]] was signed to compose the film's music, and [[J. D.- Jerry|J. D.-Jerry]] were signed as the creative directors. [[Sujatha Rangarajan]] was chosen as the screenwriter, while [[B. Lenin]] and [[V. T. Vijayan]] were signed as the editors.<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S. R. |date=29 December 2000 |title=Film Review: Pandavas-The Five Warriors |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://hindu.com/2000/12/29/stories/09290223.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130910062958/http://hindu.com/2000/12/29/stories/09290223.htm |archive-date=10 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Release ==<br />
''Pandavas: The Five Warriors'' was released on 23 December 2000,<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 December 2000 |title=Pandavas: The Five Warriors (2000) Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film |url=http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/77078-Pandavas_The_Five_Warriors.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130910063038/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/77078-Pandavas_The_Five_Warriors.html |archive-date=10 September 2013 |access-date=8 October 2013 |website=[[The Big Cartoon DataBase]]}}</ref> and its television rights were acquired by [[Cartoon Network]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2001 |title=Cartoon Network acquires Pentamedia's Pandavas and Sinbad; to launch in September |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k1/june/june32.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126124137/http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k1/june/june32.htm |archive-date=26 January 2012 |access-date=8 October 2013 |website=Indian Television}}</ref> where it aired in both English and Hindi languages.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 August 2001 |title=Flight of fancy |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/30/stories/09300461.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=15 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515090701/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/30/stories/09300461.htm |archive-date=15 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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=== Reception ===<br />
S. R. Ashok Kumar of ''[[The Hindu]]'' positively reviewed the film and its technical aspects, saying "Each and every frame of the nearly 110-minute-long picture is a marvel and it is the best form of expression on celluloid."<ref name="hindu" /><br />
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=== Accolades ===<br />
''Pandavas: The Five Warriors'' won the following awards:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Animation Movies |url=http://www.pentamedia.in/index.php/entertainment/animation-movies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180515091553/http://www.pentamedia.in/index.php/entertainment/animation-movies |archive-date=15 May 2018 |access-date=8 October 2013 |website=[[Pentamedia Graphics]]}}</ref><br />
* Second Best Animated Feature Film Award in Vancouver Effects & Animation Festival, 2001<br />
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Indian animation industry]]<br />
* [[List of Indian animated films]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0285868}}<br />
* {{BCDB title|77078}}<br />
{{Works based on the Mahabharata |state=collapsed}}<br />
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film English}}<br />
{{India Animation Industry}}<br />
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