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Maya Entertainment bags 2 awards at Broadcast India 2003
MUMABI: At the Seagate Technical Awards, Maya Entertainment Ltd won the excellence in Digital Technology for films and TV for Jajantaram Mamantaram (J2M2) and 6X4 – The Space.
While J2M2 won the Best Digital Visual Effects for a Feature Film, 6 X 4 – The Space won the Best Digitally Shot Short Film / Documentary, says a company release.
Maya Entertainment Ltd’s Biju D and Prasad Sutar with their trophy
J2M2, a children’s movie based on the Gulliver’s travel theme, was released early this year. Over 20 animators, six Flame Operators, three storyboard artists and a number of technical support, production and coordination personnel from Maya Entertainment. Lead by Biju D and Prasad Sutar, who had previously won the Zee Cine Award for Digital Special Effects for the film Hindustan Ki Kasam, the Maya Entertainment was competing against Rakesh Roshan’s Koi Mil Gaya for this award.
My precious: Wilson Louis with the trophy
According to the release, the animation and effects of J2M2 totaled above 63 minutes, and took over a year to make. As for 6×4- The Space, Wilson Louis’ debut directorial, co produced by Maya Entertainment Ltd, was shot completely on DV camera as an experiment and then transferred on to 35MM negative.
The whole film was ready for censor in less than 2 months. The 15-minute film manages to evoke a variety of emotions without the use of dialogues and has a dark setting, depicting a person life, which is reduced to a tiny space of 6X4 feet his full time work place. The film is produced by Wilson’s Rugged Edge Films, co-produced by Maya Entertainment has been recently screened at Mocha Film Club.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
