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Ram Mohan (26 August 1931 – 11 October 2019) was an Indian animator, title designer and design educator, who was also known as father of Indian Animation and was a veteran in the Indian animation industry, who started his career at the Cartoon Films Unit, Films Division of India, Government of India in 1956. He was chairman and chief creative officer at Graphiti Multimedia, a Mumbai-based animation company which was established in 1995, and later he also established the Graphiti School of Animation in 2006.
He had won the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film twice, You Said It (1972) and Fire Games (1983). He was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the 2006 Mumbai International Film Festival and was awarded the Padma Shri the fourth-highest civilian award given by Government of India in 2014.
Mohan started out by doing character design and story boards for This Our India, an animated film adapted from a book by Minoo Masani. He scripted, designed and animated many of Cartoon Film unit's productions from 1960 to 1967, including 'Homo Saps' which won the National Award for Best Experimental Film, 1967, and 'Chaos' which won an Award at the Leipzig Festival of short Films in 1968. He participated in the 1967 world retrospective of Animation Cinema in Montreal.
In 1968 he left Films Division and joined Prasad Studios as chief of their animation division. In 1972, he established his own production company, Ram Mohan Biographics, which worked on commercials, and the animated feature (1992), which he co-directed in collaboration with Yugo Sako from Japan.
Ram Mohan's film credits include several animation sequences for mainstream filmmakers – an animated song for B.R. Chopra's Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978), a title sequence for Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari, a sequence for Mrinal Sen's Hindi film, Bhuvan Shome, and for films such as Biwi-O-Biwi, Do Aur Do Paanch and Kaamchor.
Ram Mohan was also responsible for the spread of animation in India. Many of the leading animation professionals active today in India started their careers in his studio.
Death
Ram Mohan died on 11 October 2019 in Mumbai at the age of 88.
Filmography
Mansube Machlidar 1963 Animator Exploration of Upper Air 1964 Animator A Fable Retold 1965 Animator That Touch of Gold 1966 Animator Homo Saps 1966 Animator That Bright Touch 1966 Animator Dreams of Mauji Ram 1966 Animator Shadow and Substance 1967 Animator and script writer Sandesh 1967 Organization ( Aayojan) Paint Paint Paint 1968 Animator Shadow Across The East 1968 Director Animated short film
National Award for the Best Film on family planningTitle sequence Animated short film Chain Reaction 1971 Commentry Words The Ultimate Ruler 1972 Script Writer Animated short film
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film An Evergreen Story 1976 Guidance Song "Na Aaj Tha Na Kal Tha" Precious Water (Anmol Pani) 1980 Script Writer In The Service of Mankind 1980 Animator The Human Body 1980 Director Title sequence Song "Qayda Qayda" Title sequence Swar Sangam 1981 Animation Director Angoor 1982 Animation by Ram Mohan Biographics The Continuous Line 1983 Graphics by Ram Mohan Biographics Animated short film
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation FilmThe Four Steps 1984 Commentry Words Taru 1989 Director and designer Animated feature-length film
India-Anime co-production Animated children's television show created by UNICEF Malayalam Film The Pea Plant Legacy (Three Part Series) 2015 Script writer, Director and executive Producer
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