Animation
Mayabious Art gets Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2014 Award
KOLKATA: Mayabious Art, a home-grown animation and digital media company from Kolkata, has been conferred with the fourth Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2014 Award to celebrate the excellence in cinema.
The Jury Award for ‘Best Ad Film’ was given to the advertisement created for plywood major Sylvan Ply. The award was received by Mayabious Art co-founder and CEO Akhil Bandhu Paul.
More than 1500 film entries from across the globe had taken part and hundreds of filmmakers from India and abroad attended the festival.
Paul after receiving the award said: “West Bengal is rich in creative talent and Mayabious endeavors to keep pace with the market demand and focuses on a mix of technology, knowledge and local skills to turn ideas into reality.”
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.
