Animation films can highlight serious subjects too: Shred Sreedhar on ‘Reena Ki Kahaani’

Animated movies have usually been used to entertain kids. Mumbai-based filmmaker Shred Shreedhar has used it to focus on an vital subject: human trafficking.

His nine-minute Reena Ki Kahaani, which was screened on the ongoing Mumbai Worldwide Movie Pageant, relies on the real-life story of a woman who will get trapped within the flesh commerce. It additionally highlights the completely different vulnerabilities that facilitate such crimes, like false guarantees and the lure of a greater life to targetting women from weaker sections of society who dream of a brighter future. “I used to be very moved by the concept. I felt that it was vital this message reached out to kids and oldsters,” says Shreedhar B, whose Shred Inventive Lab in collaboration with Vihaan, an anti-human trafficking NGO, put collectively the mission.

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So, why animation? “Most movies on the topic are darkish and morbid in nature, and can’t be proven to kids. We determined to do that movie within the animated format in order that kids can watch and take pointers from it. There are many vital subjects like home violence that may be informed by way of animation. It’s notably useful when the identification of the individual can’t be disclosed. Animation movies can spotlight severe subjects too,” says Shreedhar, whose movie was earlier awarded ‘Greatest Animation Movie’ on the Mykonos Worldwide Movie Pageant and Crown Worldwide Movie Pageant (UK), “Lots of people are amazed {that a} darkish story corresponding to this has been narrated on this trend.”

Presently, Shreedhar is scripting a interval movie based mostly on the caste atrocities that came about in Kerala within the Thirties. “I am presently in dialog with artistes to collaborate on this characteristic. We’re additionally concerned in plenty of analysis for this mission, with the intention to perceive the dialect and conversational fashion of that interval.”

Other than Reena Ki Kahaani, The Mumbai Worldwide Movie Pageant, on until June 4, may also see a few premieres: Netflix’ authentic sequence, Mighty Little Bheem: I Love Taj Mahal episode, and the NFAI restored model of Satyajit Ray’s documentary, Sukumar Ray.

Bangladesh has been chosen because the ‘Nation of Focus’ this yr in commemoration of fifty years of its Independence; a bundle of 11 movies will probably be offered from the nation together with the critically-acclaimed Hasina: A Daughter’s Story. For individuals who love animation movies, works of Portuguese animator Regina Pessoa, Russian animation director Aleksandr Petrov and Canadian animator and illustrator Janet Perlman will probably be showcased on the competition. Additionally screened right here will probably be Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, which was the primary animation movie co-produced by India and Japan.