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Hallmark celebrates author Andersen with series
MUMBAI: Timeless fairy tales in the form of cartoons from one of the most popular children’s authors of all time!
This is what Hallmark has up its sleeve when it celebrates the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen. Hallmark will premiere a cartoon seriesHans Christian Andersen The Fairytaler . It will feature a collection of timeless fairy tales written by him. The series will air every Saturday at 9 pm from 5 March.
One episode is titled The Professor And The Flea. The professor dreams to one day have enough money to build a flying balloon like his father’s. So he travels the country with his devoted wife on get-rich-quick schemes as a magician, a contortionist and a general trickster, all of which fail miserably.
One day he meets a very talented flea who proves to be his ticket to fame, world travel and riches. It is only when the Professor and the Flea find themselves in a spot of bother somewhere in Africa, that the Professor eventually gets an opportunity to achieve his original ambition
In Little Ida’s Flowers the title character is sad because her flowers have wilted. She can’t understand how they were blooming yesterday and today look faded and tired. Hans, her tutor who is a great storyteller, explains that the flowers have been at the Flower’s Ball and are exhausted from dancing all night.
Ida decides to put the flowers to sleep in her dolls bed so that they might recover. That night Ida hears a sound from the playroom and decides to take a peek.
Hallmark will also air a simple and moving miniseries The Lives Of Saints on 6 March at 9:45 pm and on 22 March at the same time.
Nino Ricci’s bestselling trilogy becomes an intimate epic of murder, sacrifice, and forgiveness as the conscience of one family is held hostage by the secrets and sins that have defined their lives over 20 years and across two continents.
Adultery, the evil eye and a snakebite. These elements can shape the childhood of a boy like Vittorio Innocente who lives in Valle De Sole. This is a small Italian village which is dominated by religion and superstition. With his father Mario in Canada, preparing for his family’s eventual arrival, Vittorio’s youth is informed by two women.
They are his strong-willed and fiery mother Christina and his Aunt Teresa played by Sophia Loren. Teresa is a schoolteacher and Vittorio’s moral compass. To guide Vittorio through life, Teresa has given him the book The Lives of the Saints.
Later as a young man Vittorio spends his adult life denying his past. Things take a tunr for the worse when his estranged father starts to stalk Vittorio’s sister, Rita, with murderous intent..
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Mukta Arts and Green Gold ink MOU to animate iconic film IPs
Kalicharan, Karz, Hero, Karma, Ram Lakhan to spawn animated shows plus features.
MUMBAI: When classic hindi movie meets animation, the result is a fresh reel of nostalgia with a cartoon twist. Mukta Arts Ltd. and Green Gold Animation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on animated shows and feature films drawn from Mukta Arts’ four-decade treasure trove of iconic IPs. The partnership taps Mukta’s SGM Animation Studio launched in 2025 as its dedicated animation and games arm and Green Gold’s proven track record in building scalable, homegrown franchises. Creative teams from both sides have already kicked off discussions, with the first project currently in development.
The slate will draw inspiration from landmark Mukta films including Kalicharan, Karz, Hero, Karma, Ram Lakhan, Khalnayak, Saudagar and Iqbal, plus character-led spin-offs from those universes. The aim is to reimagine these stories for today’s young, global audiences while preserving their emotional core.
Green Gold Animation (home of Chhota Bheem) founder and CEO Rajiv Chilaka said, “This partnership with SGM Studios allows us to apply our experience in building long-lasting animation IPs to a truly iconic film catalogue. Together, we aim to create animated worlds that are rooted in these legendary stories, yet designed to connect with today’s young, global audiences.”
Mukta Arts Ltd. filmmaker and founder Subhash Ghai added, “Mukta Arts has always believed in creating stories with lasting emotional value. Through animation, we are extending our IP into a new medium for the next generation.”
In an industry where timeless tales never go out of fashion, this collaboration promises to bring beloved characters back to life with a modern, animated glow proving that some stories are too good to stay in live-action. Stay tuned for the first animated frame to drop.
