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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 of rice. Nokpokliba thenturns into a dove but manages to eat only two out of the treegrains of 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 of 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 Film Society of IndiaScreenplay,Cinematography,Editing & Direction: Meren ImchenSound :StormsMusic :Sanjay swami/ StormsContact:Children's Film Society of India, FilmsDivision Complex, 24 Dr. G DeshmukhMarg, Mumbai - 400 026, India.Phone: (+91)(22) 23522751,23522610,Fax: (+91) (22) 23522751, 23522610pioneers of Indian Animation on a film titled "Aok & Aie.Meren Imchen has been award the prestigious NagalandGovernor's award in the field of art and culture. (June 2006).DIRECTOR'S STATEMENTThe idea behind the film besides the narrative content wasalso to capture the local flavor of the setting through sound andvisuals. So all the musical sounds were recorded live in Nagalandduring the hornbill festival. The motives and the custom designof the characters also pertain to the traditional outfits of theNagas.The Nagas had always followed an oral tradition. This formof 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 of Design, Meren Imchen launchedhis film career first by assisting on a claymationproject for MTV, 'Poga'. He went on to makea series of animation films for Channel V,Disney, MTV and many others. He worked onan animated film for Ram Mohan, one of the8889