Bhimsain Khurana Film And Animation Maestro is no more
Veteran filmmaker and ace animator Bhimsain Khurana passed away on Tuesday at a Mumbai hospital while undergoing dialysis (as told to IANS) at the age of 81.
April 23rd, 2018
He was known for his amazing work in animation and
films like Gharaonda (1977, won the Filmfare Award), Dooriyan (1979) and Ek
Anek aur Ekta (1974) which has touched upon several significant issues of the
middle-of-the-road cinema wave of the 70s and the 80s.
Born in
Multan (then in Pakistan) in 1936, Khurana moved to Lucknow after the
partition. Though he was always inclined towards arts and did study fine arts
and classical music at the Lucknow University, he honed his artistic skills
while working as a background painter at the Cartoon Film Unit of Films
Division and later at Prasad Studios. He learnt animation under the legendary
Ram Mohan, who is considered the father of Indian animation.
His first
independent film The Climb (1971) won the Silver Hugo award at the Chicago Film
Festival. The film’s title also gave away the name to his production house,
Climb Films which has been running for 31 years now. With films like Na, Ek-Do,
Munni, Freedom is a Thin Line, Mehmaan, Kahani Har Zamne Ki and Business is
People, there has been no looking back for him since, as an esteemed
director-producer .
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