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Ketan Mehta Calls for Indian Animation Caught in a ‘Vicious Cycle’ to Adopt ‘Global Mindset’ – Mumbai Festival


The ongoing Mumbai International Film Festival hosted a lively panel on animation featuring some of the top Iranian and Indian names in the business.

Ketan Mehta, the revered Indian filmmaker who also serves as founder and chair of animation house Cosmos-Maya, known for long-running animated Nickelodeon show “Motu Patlu,” says that the global companies who operate TV channels in India create content that is local-specific and fails to resonate with international audiences. Mehta was speaking at the ongoing Mumbai International Film Festival which hosted a lively panel debate on animation. Iran is not big enough a territory to sustain purely locally animation production and the country’s industry relies on international sales, Kheirandish said.

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