Indian
film
industry
has
just
bagged
its
first
nomination
at
the
prestigious
Visual
Effects
Society
(VES)
Awards,
known
as
the
''Oscars''
of
the
animation
and
visual
effects
industry.
India's
first
full
length
animation
3D
film,
Roadside
Romeo,
co-produced
by
Yash
Raj
Films
and
Disney,
has
been
nominated
in
the
'Outstanding
Animation
in
an
Animated
Motion
Picture'
category
alongside
big
Hollywood
animation
films
such
as
Dreamworks'
Kung-Fu-Panda
and
Disney's
Wall-E,
apart
from
Bolt,
The
Chase
&
Waltz
With
Bashir.
Yash
Chopra,
Chairman,
Yash
Raj
Films,
the
co-producers
of
Roadside
Romeo
said,
''We
are
extremely
proud
about
Roadside
Romeo's
nomination
in
VES
Awards.
This
is
not
just
an
honour
for
us,
but
also
a
recognition
and
a
tremendous
boost
for
the
collective
vision
that
Yash
Raj
Films
and
Disney
had
set
out
to
achieve
through
this
unique
alliance.''
''We
are
very
proud
that
Roadside
Romeo
has
been
nominated
at
the
VES,
which
is
very
big
platform
from
the
technical
point
of
view.
It
was
a
perfect
match
of
story
and
animation.
We
knew
Yash
Raj
Films
was
a
perfect
partner
and
we
have
been
vindicated,''
said
Mahesh
Samat,
managing
director,
Walt
Disney
Company
(India).
''This
is
the
Oscars
for
us.
Just
the
fact
that
our
name
and
our
work
was
in
the
same
category
as
the
legendary
Dreamworks
and
Pixar
was
unbelievable.
Having
said
that,
we
always
knew
while
making
Roadside
Romeo
that
we
were
doing
something
special.
But
I
guess
it's
just
the
Indian
humility
that
we
remain
in
awe
of
the
work
done
by
these
big
studios,''
said
Pankaj
Khandpur,
creative
director
of
Visual
Computing
Labs
(VCL),
the
VFX
arm
of
the
Tata
Group,
which
had
done
the
animation
for
the
film.
Roadside
Romeo's
90
minutes
has
around
1500
shots
and
37
scenes.
Each
frame
was
executed
to
detail
in
less
than
two
years
involving
170
odd
artists
at
peak.
The
entire
film
was
made
up
of
150000
frames.
The
Annual
VES
Awards
recognizes
the
outstanding
visual
effects
in
over
a
dozen
categories
of
film,
animation,
television,
commercials
and
video
games
and
is
one
of
the
Premier
awards
globally.
This
is
the
first
time
that
a
property
created
in
India
has
been
nominated
for
VES
Awards
for
excellence
in
visual
effects
and
animation.
The
awards
are
scheduled
to
be
held
in
Los
Angeles,
just
a
day
before
the
Oscar
night
on
February
21st
2009.
Story first published: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 15:49 [IST]