Animation
Atas announces winners in animation, interactive, voice over categories for Emmy Awards
MUMBAI: The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Atas) in the US has announced the Emmy winners in the categories costumes for a variety or music programme, outstanding voice-over performance as well as individual achievement in animation for the 57th Annual Emmy Awards.
These are juried award categories, which have no nominations and will be presented at the 2005 Creative Arts Awards on 11 September at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
The award for Voice-Over Performer qwent to Keith David who narrated Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson which aired on PBS.
One of the winners in the animation category is Craig McCracken who worked as the character designer for Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends – House of Bloos episode which aired on Cartoon Network. In India the show airs on Pogo.
Meanwhile TV Land and Cablevision triumphed in the interactive categories which will be presented at the show. Outstanding achievement for program-specific enhanced or interactive television went to TV Land Awards All Access Pass, a broadband companion to the 2005 TV Land Awards that featured 103 minutes of footage from backstage, rehearsal and the red carpet, plus trivia, games and live chat. Outstanding achievement for non-programme specific enhances or interactive television went to Cablevision’s iO Interactive Optimum digital cable service.
For the fourth consecutive year, E! Entertainment Television will air the awards show in the US. Atas chairman Dick Askin says,
“This Award show continues to flourish each year, and has truly become one of Hollywood’s premiere events. In addition, we welcome the return of E! as our broadcast partner. Their support of the show over the last four years has played a substantial role in the growth and exposure of the Awards to the public.”
MUMBAI: History is getting a fresh rewrite this time with code, creativity and a longer arc in mind. Lens Vault Studios has announced its first original production, Bal Tanhaji, marking the official entry of the newly launched, tech-driven studio into India’s evolving entertainment landscape.
Arriving six years after the box-office success of Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, the new project expands the universe rather than revisiting familiar ground. Bal Tanhaji explores uncharted narrative territory, signalling a clear shift from one-off cinematic spectacles to long-format, world-building storytelling designed for digital-first audiences.
At the heart of this ambition is Prismix Studios, the in-house generative AI and technology arm powering the creative engine behind the show. The studio’s approach blends storytelling with next-generation tools, aiming to reimagine how Indian IPs are created, scaled and sustained beyond theatrical releases.
For Lens Vault Studios chairman Ajay Devgn the new venture represents a deliberate step beyond traditional cinema. The focus is firmly on building long-form intellectual properties across fiction and non-fiction, tailored to changing viewing habits and platform-led consumption. He said the studio intends to explore formats that remain largely untapped, while drawing on the team’s experience with large-scale cinematic storytelling.
Lens Vault Studios founder and CEO Danish Devgn echoed that sentiment, describing Bal Tanhaji as the studio’s first generative-AI-led IP and the starting point of a broader vision. The aim, he noted, is to carry forward the legacy of the Tanhaji universe while connecting with younger audiences through a blend of powerful narratives and emerging technologies.
With Bal Tanhaji, Lens Vault Studios is planting its flag early not just launching a show, but signalling a larger play for cinematic universes that live, grow and evolve across platforms. If this debut is any indication, the future of Indian storytelling may be as much about imagination as it is about innovation.
