In spite of the recent economic slump, the animation industry in India has seen a great progress of 20% as compared to the previous financial year. Two main reasons for the development of the animation sector is the huge skilled labor force and the low cost of production.

Now, India is the home for a number of top animation companies that are capable of producing original animations and they are also successful in maintaining international standards in their production. The names of leader in this industry in India are given below:

• Toonz Animation India

• Pentamedia Graphics

• Maya Digital Studios Private Limited

• UTV Toonz

• Heart Entertainment

• Padmalaya Telefilms

• Nipuna Services Limited

• Jadoo Works

• Crest Communications

• Silvertoon Studio

If you are interested in knowing more about these top players in Animation Industry, read on the content given below:

Toonz Animation India:

Toonz Animation offers end-to-end animation services, which includes VFX, stop motion, flash, digital and conventional 2D and 3D animation. The company has been ranked as one of the world’s top ten multimedia studios in the world by the Animation Magazine. The main animation studio of the company is located in the city of Trivandrum. Some of their creations that ever reminds them in the minds of animation lovers are:

• Adventures of Tenali Rama

• Return of Hanuman

Pentamedia Graphics:

Pentamedia Graphics came into existence in the year 1976 in the name of Pentafour Software and Exports. Initially, the company was offering their service in different industries like project finance & administration, consultancy services, trading of consumer durables and electronic items, etc… In the year 1999-2000, they shifted to software sector and changed their name to the present name and in the following year 2001 they acquired Media Dreams. Media dreams was a company that was engaged in development of software for motion pictures and televisions. After joining with media dreams, they produced some of the popular animation pictures like:

• Jai Vigneshwara

• Gulliver’s Travels

• Buddha – The Enlightened one

• Son of Alladin

• Alibaba and the Forty Thieves

• Pandavas – The Five Warriors

• Sinbad – Beyond the Veil of Mists

Maya Digital Studios Private Limited:

Maya Digital Studios was established in the year 1996, they have the experience of working with premium global clients, and they have done several prestigious projects in game animation, film and television animation. They have employed about 300 animation artists and their talents were recognized by a number of awards like GDC, FICCI, Pulcinella and BAFTA. Some of the companies for which projects were done by Maya Digital Studios are Google, Activision, Sony, Electronic Arts, Mike Young Productions, Rainbow, Ragdoll and BBC. Some of their prestigious productions are:

• Soldier of Production – Payback

• Disney Princesses – The Enchanted Journey

• DA Jammies

• Cosmic Quantum Ray

• Lively Online Universe

• TRONJI

• Neopets – The Darkest Faerie

UTV Toonz:

UTV Toonz is the animation of division of UTV Software Communications Limited, who are the top players in the entertainment sector in India as well. They were initially in the entertainment industry alone, they made an entry into the animation industry in the year 2000, and some of their best clients in the animation industry are spread over different countries like North America, Europe and Asia.

Heart Entertainment:

Heart Entertainment is actually based at the city of Hyderabad and they have a state-of-the-art studio at this city. They are not only engaged in production in the animation field, they are also offering training to the students in the art of filmmaking. One of their popular client in the animation industry is Walt Disney and they have made a cartoon film that runs for 86 minutes duration and the name of the film is the Hercules. Some of their proud productions are:

• Tommy Nelson’s Crippled Lamb

• Warner Brother’s Histeria

Padmalaya Telefilms:

Padmalaya Telefilms is a subsidiary of Zee Telefilms, who are popular in the entertainment industry in India. The main aim of the company is to provide quality entertainment with the help of latest technological equipment. They made their presence felt in the animation industry by entering into a contract with the Film Club of Los Angeles, who are the co-producers of 3D and 2D software. They have also entered into agreement with Mallard Media and Ealing Animation, who are top players in the animation sector in British.

Nipuna Services Limited:

Nipuna Services is the subsidiary of the Satyam Computer Services, who were one of the top players in the IT sector in India. They have their head office in Chennai and they are offering animation services in VFX, 2D and 3D animation by entering into partnership with a UK-based 4K animation company. They have done several animation projects for theme parks the New Zealand.

Jadoo Works:

The corporate office of Jadoo Works is located in the hi-tech city of India Bangalore. The main aim of the company is to cash in on the folkloric and mythological richness of India’s present and past. Jadoo Works have workforce who are skillful in hand-drawn animation character creation and because of this many foreign companies are outsourcing their projects to this company and because of their experience in this field they are getting more and more animation projects, which lead them to one among the top ten positions in the animation industry in India.

Crest Communications:

Crest Communications came into existence in the year 1990 and this company is the first company in the whole of Asia to offer service to the entertainment companies based in the UK and the USA. They have produced quality animation television shows like Pet Alien and Jakers for foreign countries. One of their popular productions is Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley – Winks.

Silvertoon Studio:

Silvertoon Studio is proud of producing one of the top animated series ‘Hanuman’, which runs for 135 minutes. They are engaged in contract works with different animation studios in countries like UK, France and US. They are also popular for their television show ‘the adventures from the book of virtues’, which was telecasted in American Television.

Therefore, animation industry in India contributes a great towards the economic development of the country by offering opportunities for young talents in India.