Mohali-based filmmaker Sukhwinder Singh is making a 3D animation film on the life of Bhai Taru Singh; he's previously delivered hit animation films like 'Sahibzadey' and 'Banda Singh Bahadur'
When it comes to animation films and their popularity, Sukhwinder Singh finds not just children but adults also make for an extremely keen audience. He would know. Since 2005, the Mohali-based filmmaker’s animation studio – Vismaad – has dished out a number of animation movies that have found popularity not just in India but the Indian Diaspora overseas.
Photo By: Vikram Joy
“Around the birthday celebrations of the chaar sahibzadey, our film ‘Sahibzadey’ made in 2005 gets new number of views on You Tube, where it now available,” says Singh. Incidentally, Vismaad has come to be identified with animation movies made on Sikh history and important Sikh characters. “I feel that Sikh history has been documented well but it hasn’t reached the masses in entirety, especially among children,” explains the filmmaker who claims to have invested over $2 million in his projects. “Our Sikh animation projects are not for profit and the revenue earned is reinvested to create more movies and other digital resources for benefit of the community,” says Singh who credits his work on thorough research. Not surprisingly, he hasn’t had run-ins with the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) that looks at such projects with a fine tooth comb.
Photo By: Vikram Joy
Photo By: Vikram Joy
The filmmaker has now announced his latest film based on the life of Bhai Taru Singh. “Bhai Taru Singh ji lived during the most trying period for Sikhs. Under the Mughal regime, Bhai Taru Singh ji earned respect and love of not just the Hindus but Muslims of all his neighbouring villages. He was martyred because he protected a poor Muslim girl from the clutches of the evil Mughal official of his area,” explains the filmmaker who shares that major part of the movie is “realistic render 3D CGI (computer graphics imagery)”. Special attention has gone into creating the character model of Bhai Taru Singh in the movie with near to life-like features including “realistic animated hair”. “For the first time in Punjabi cinema, leading Sufi singer Kanwar Grewal will make a special appearance in the movie. Shot on chroma, the song sequence will be rendered with special effects to blend the singer as virtually walking the village lanes, fields and ponds with 3D rendered animated characters of villagers in the backdrop,” informs Singh.
The film is currently in post production and the filmmaker hopes to release it a couple of months.
