Kids
Jim Carrey scores at Nickelodeon’s KCAs
MUMBAI: Comic movie star Jim Carrey Bruce Almighty was one of the winners at Nickelodeon’s 17th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards. The show aired live on 3 April in the US. In India the show will air on 6 June.
The show will be seen in more than 281.5 million households in 162 territories worldwide
The show was hosted by Shrek’s Cameron Diaz and Mike Myers at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. Over 17 million kids participated in the voting on Nickelodeon Online (www.nick.com) which kicked off on 8 March. For the first time, kids also voted on their cell phones via text messaging provided by the wireless company Mobliss.
Amanda Bynes won for favourite movie actress once again. The animated classic Finding Nemo was the best film while Ellen DeGeneres triumphed as favourite voice in an animated movie for that film’s forgetful character Dory.
In a show highlight Nickelodeon contest winner 13 year old Kathleen Thomas presented Adam Sandler with the annual Wannabe Award. This honour is bestowed on a celebrity role model who kids most want to be.
As usual there was a lot of green slime flung during the proceedings. Mike Myers turned green with glee, drenched from head to toe in a slime fest of massive sprays, a balloon drop and a ping-pong ball explosion. The twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen got the goo too in another double-goo-ed mess. This year’s stars sloshed in the footsteps of previous years’ wearers of the green, including Carrey, Sandler and Tom Cruise.
The other winners included the captain of the US women’s soccer team Mia Hamm and skateboarder Tony Hawk. The Harry Potter books were also cited. Nick’s Spongebob Squarepants was cited twice
Kids
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.
