Kids
Will Smith, Jack Black triumph at Nick Kids Choice Awards
MUMBAI: Stars Beyonce, Will Smith, Jack Black and The Jonas Brothers were among those who captured the coveted orange Blimp trophies at US kids broadcaster Nickelodeon‘s 22nd Annual Kids‘ Choice Awards.
Hosted by Dwayne Johnson, the awards show at UCLA‘s Pauley Pavilion honoured kids‘ favorite TV, movies, music and sports stars, and delighted the crowd with torrential superstar slime showers.
Kids voted High School Musical 3 as their favourite movie. Madagascar Escape 2 Africa won for animated film. Jack Black won for his voice work in Kung Fu Panda. Will Smith and Vanessa Hudgens won for favourite actor and actress. American Idol won for reality TV show while iCarly was voted the favourite TV show. Miley Cyrus and Jesse McCartney were voted favourite female and male singer respectively. The Jonas Brothers triumphed in the music group category.
The show highlights included Will Ferrell who set the world record for the first-ever “Slip n‘ Slime” by traveling over 200 ft. on the green goop, The Jonas Brothers got a sliming like no other, Jesse McCartney was soaked with slime and Hugh Jackman and Sandra Bullock were surprised with the green goo. Going green, too, albeit in a different manner, Leonardo DiCaprio accepted the first-ever Nickelodeon Big Green Help Award for his environmental efforts from last year‘s Wannabe Award recipient, Cameron Diaz.
Noisier and more animated than ever, competitors for The Burp Award – judged on the Orange Carpet by iCarly‘s Jerry Trainor – were all Nickelodeon animated stars. Nick star Victoria Justice Zoey 101, Spectacular travelled by submarine all the way down to Bikini Bottom, where she encountered burp award hopefuls SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Squidward.
And when Trainor declared The Penguins of Madagascar‘s Rico the best burper, the animated champ joined a roster of past proud best belchers including Cameron Diaz, Jessica Alba and Steve Irwin, Justin Timberlake (two-time winner) and Hugh Jackman.
And the voting didn‘t stop there. During the award show, viewers were asked to vote live on which skill the show‘s host Johnson should learn. Almost 600,000 viewers opted to see him learn how to dress like Miley Cyrus, who was on hand for the tutorial, beating out learning how to sing opera or knit.
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.
