Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
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When the magician finds out he has been cheated he turns hisson, from a cow, into a deer. Nokpokliba then turns into a dogand starts chasing. Seeing his son (the deer) in danger, themerchant turns it into three grains <strong>of</strong> rice. Nokpokliba thenturns into a dove but manages to eat only two out <strong>of</strong> the treegrains <strong>of</strong> rice. As a result the magician's powers are weakenedand he can not bring his son back to life. He avenges his son'sdeath by turning himself into a hawk and chases to kill the dove(Nokpokliba).Nokpokliba leads him towards a huge pit <strong>of</strong> fire where theevil merchant meets his end. As a result magician's spell is brokenand all the Nagas who had been cheated get their cows back.CAST AND CREDITSProducer:Children's <strong>Film</strong> Society <strong>of</strong> IndiaScreenplay,Cinematography,Editing & Direction: Meren ImchenSound :StormsMusic :Sanjay swami/ StormsContact:Children's <strong>Film</strong> Society <strong>of</strong> India, <strong>Film</strong>sDivision Complex, 24 Dr. G DeshmukhMarg, Mumbai - 400 026, India.Phone: (+91)(22) 23522751,23522610,Fax: (+91) (22) 23522751, 23522610pioneers <strong>of</strong> Indian Animation on a film titled "Aok & Aie.Meren Imchen has been award the prestigious NagalandGovernor's award in the field <strong>of</strong> art and culture. (June 2006).DIRECTOR'S STATEMENTThe idea behind the film besides the narrative content wasalso to capture the local flavor <strong>of</strong> the setting through sound andvisuals. So all the musical sounds were recorded live in Nagalandduring the hornbill festival. The motives and the custom design<strong>of</strong> the characters also pertain to the traditional outfits <strong>of</strong> theNagas.The Nagas had always followed an oral tradition. This form<strong>of</strong> story telling is now almost extinct. The motive behind thefilm was also to preserve these short tales so that they are notlost completely.MEREN IMCHENMeren Imchen hails from Nagaland. With adiploma in animation film design from NationalInstitute <strong>of</strong> Design, Meren Imchen launchedhis film career first by assisting on a claymationproject for MTV, 'Poga'. He went on to makea series <strong>of</strong> animation films for Channel V,Disney, MTV and many others. He worked onan animated film for Ram Mohan, one <strong>of</strong> the8889