Pentamedia Graphics

Pentamedia Graphics
	File:PentamediaGraphicsLogo.jpg
Industry	Anime
Fate	public
Website	www.pentamedia.in

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Pentamedia Graphics, formerly known as Pentafour Software, is a software and digital media company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The main activities are projects, products, consultancy and training in software and digital media.

The company has created numerous animated features, both traditionally and computer-animated, and once employed as many as 2000 employees. However, in the past few years they have laid off all but 200.

Pandavas: The Five Warriors received rhw National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English in 2000.^[1]Alibaba,^[2] Son of Aladdin (released as Mustafa and the Magician),^[3] The Legend of Buddha^[4] and Gulliver's Travels^[5]^[6] were shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but were not able to get a nomination.

Animated feature films[edit]

Title	Release date	Director(s)	Notes
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists	18 February 2000	Alan Jacobs Evan Ricks	co-produced with Improvision Corporation First feature length computer animation film created exclusively using Motion Capture
Pandavas: The Five Warriors	23 December 2000	Ushaganesarajah	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English
Alibaba	26 July 2002	Ushaganesarajah	co-produced with Ivory Films
Son of Aladdin	29 August 2003	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	International title "Mustafa and the Magician"
The Legend of Buddha	22 October 2004	Shamboo Falke
Gulliver's Travel	23 December 2005	Anita Udeep
Jai Vigneshwara	2 October 2008	James Cliford

Films produced under Media Dreams[edit]

Bharathi (2000)
Nila Kaalam (2001)
Pandavar Bhoomi (2001)
Krishna Krishna (2001)
Little John (2001)
Pammal K. Sambandam (2002)
Whistle (2003)

Special effects in live-action films[edit]

Monisha En Monalisa (1999)
Padayappa (1999)
Kadhalar Dhinam (1999)
Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999)
Mudhalvan (1999)
Bharathi (2000)
Raju Chacha (2000)
Nila Kaalam (2001)
Little JOHN (2001)
Citizen (2001)
Pandavar Bhoomi (2001)
Nayak: The Real Hero (2001)
Pammal K. Sambandam (2002)
Whistle (2003)
Anji (2004)
Naani (2004)
Arjun (2004)
M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi (2004)
Kulir 100° (2009)^[7]

Computer animation in animated films[edit]

The King and I(1999)

References[edit]

↑ "Raveena Tandon and Anil Kapoor bag National Awards". indiainfo.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
↑ "Seventeen Films To Compete For Feature Animation Oscar Nomination". Animation World Network.
↑ "Oscars: A Record 27 Animated Feature Films Vie for the Trophy | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 11 November 2016.
↑ "Academy Announces Eligible Animated Features for Oscar". Animation World Network.
↑ Beck, Jerry. "The Animated Movie Guide: U.S. Theatrical Releases: 2005-2009". Retrieved 5 January 2009.
↑ "Anita Udeep: From Hollywood with dreams". IndiaGlitz. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
↑ "Pentamedia.in".

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[1] "Raveena Tandon and Anil Kapoor bag National Awards". indiainfo.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.

[2] "Seventeen Films To Compete For Feature Animation Oscar Nomination". Animation World Network.

[3] "Oscars: A Record 27 Animated Feature Films Vie for the Trophy | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 11 November 2016.

[4] "Academy Announces Eligible Animated Features for Oscar". Animation World Network.

[5] Beck, Jerry. "The Animated Movie Guide: U.S. Theatrical Releases: 2005-2009". Retrieved 5 January 2009.

[6] "Anita Udeep: From Hollywood with dreams". IndiaGlitz. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.

[7] "Pentamedia.in".

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v t e Animation industry in India
Films	List of Indian animated films
Television	List of Indian animated television series
Companies	Children's Film Society, India Crest Animation Studios The Walt Disney Company India Green Gold Animations Makuta Animation Pentamedia Graphics Tata Elxsi Toonz India Ltd Turner International India
Key people	Suddhasattwa Basu Rajiv Chilaka Ram Mohan Vijaya Mulay S. P. Muthuraman Soundarya Rajinikanth Gitanjali Rao Kodi Ramakrishna Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Binu Sasidharan Pankaj Sharma Manick Sorcar
Awards	National Film Award for Best Animated Film National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film
Schools, colleges and institutes	Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics - MAAC Arena Animation ICAT Design & Media College Industrial Design Centre National Institute of Design National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar