Sri Aurobindo - A New Dawn

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What does freedom mean to you?
Sri Aurobindo dedicated his lifetime in the pursuit of finding the answer to this question.
This film is a tribute to his selfless endeavor for mankind.

CLIENT

Sri Aurobindo Society

YEAR

2023

DIRECTOR

Suresh Eriyat

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Nilima Eriyat


BEHIND THE SCENES


Director – Suresh Eriyat
Executive Producer – Nilima Eriyat
Co-Directors – Rajib Mandal, Nijin Nazeem

Artistic Direction – Nijin Nazeem, Rajib Mandal
Script – Arkish Aftab, Shania Brinda Symons
Voices – Victor Banerjee, Deepti Naval
Music – Shri Sriram
Sound Design – Resul Pookkutty (CAS, MPSE), Vijay Kumar (MPSE)
Sound Re-recording Mixer – Bibin Dev

Storyboarding Lead – Rajib Mandal
Storyboarding Team – Prakalya S R, Kratika Sunkar, Shania Brinda Symons, Ameen Ali Shanavas, Ashin Munnu K, Oorjit B S, Nijin Nazeem, Shrobontika Dasgupta
Concept Art – Ameen Ali Shanavas, Shania Brinda Symons, Ashin Munnu K, Nijin Nazeem, Oorjit B S, Kratika Sunkar, Rajib Mandal, Shrobontika Dasgupta, Shubham Ghumare
Script Development – Arkish Aftab, Shania Brinda Symons, Rajib Mandal, Nijin Nazeem
Visual Development – Shania Brinda Symons, Nijin Nazeem
Character Design – Rajib Mandal, Kratika Sunkar, Ameen Ali Shanavas, Nijin Nazeem
Prop Design – Shania Brinda Symons, Ameen Ali Shanavas, Kratika Sunkar, Addayta Biswas, Nijin Nazeem, Rajib Mandal, Thabsheer E
Animatic – Rajib Mandal, Prakalya S R, Kratika Sunkar, Oorjit B S, Ameen Ali Shanavas, Ashin Munnu K
Layouts – Rajib Mandal, Nijin Nazeem, Addayta Biswas, Ameen Ali Shanavas, Ashin Munnu K, Kratika Sunkar, Oorjit B S, Vignesh Ramesh, Pavani Atchula
Colour Layouts -Shania Brinda Symons, Shivani Sadwelkar, Nijin Nazeem, Ameen Ali Shanavas, Ashin Munnu K, Kratika Sunkar, Oorjit B S, Rajib Mandal, Tanvi Rhea Palathinkal, Ishita Srivastava
Hand-drawn Animation – Addayta Biswas, Vignesh Ramesh, Kratika Sunkar, Ashin Munnu K, Ameen Ali Shanavas, Oorjit B S, Rajib Mandal, Ashil Shaji, Nijin Nazeem, Ishita Srivastava, Aditi Krishnadas, Rebecca Rechana Paul, Tanvi Rhea Palathinkal, Soham Samant, Subhajit Kar
Line-drawing and Painting – Nijin Nazeem, Ameen Ali Shanavas, Kratika Sunkar, Ashin Munnu K, Rajib Mandal, Shivani Sadwelkar, Rebecca Rechana Paul, Subodh Das, Shania Brinda Symons, Vignesh Ramesh, Tanvi Rhea Palathinkal, Ishita Srivastava, Oorjit B S, Addayta Biswas, Nilima Eriyat, Javali Marri, Soham Samant, Anshul Singh, Soham Deshpande, Dhruvil Bhatia, Akarsh Nimkar, Niharika Patil, Shreyas Nevewani, Pritha Mukherjee, Vaishnav S, Pavani Atchula, Mavis Joshi, Aditi Iyer, Satish Gautam, Manit Khare
PEK STUDIO – Siddhanth Purkayastha, Pranjeevan Adhikary, Bhargab Phukan
TAOS (The Art Of Storytelling) Supervision – Akshay Panchal
Artist – Shubham Panchal, Shubham Kamble, Srushti Pusate, Raj Kokiwar, Sameer Bhange, Prathmesh Mhatre, Nishant Swamy, Sankashti Patil
TREETO Digital Technologies Team – Shantanu Vishanu Pataskar, Sanket Shashikant Dhanawade, Arpita Tukaram Pakire, Sahil Sanjay Tambe, Nikita Ashok Yadav, Shruti Vijay Baing, Pranita Mahadev Ghadage

Text Animation – Muhammed Fayas
Editing – Shania Brinda Symons, Pranav Prakash Atram, Nijin Nazeem
Compositing – Rajib Mandal
3D Visualisation – Dhiraj Pathade, Subodh Das, Vignesh Ramesh


Sound

Supervising Sound Editor – Resul Pookutty (CAS, MPSE), Vijaykumar (MPSE)
Sound Editor – Vijaykumar (MPSE), Arun Rana
Voice-over Recording Engineer – Prasad Chouhan
Voice-over Recording Engineer (Dehradun) – Amit Verma
Foley Artist – Varun Visoi, Siva Shambu Digal
Assistant Mix Engineer – Dheeraj P V
Sound post work done at – Canaries Post Sound, Sri Balaji Mixing Studio, Foleywalkers, Yashraj Studio
Office Boy – Mahadev Dhingar
Office Manager – Reema Koli

Technical Support
(Studio Eeksaurus) – Satish Gautam
In-House Support Staff (Studio Eeksaurus) – Shubhangi Salvi, Reshma Bhogwekar, Kalpesh Palkar
Accounts (Studio Eeksaurus) – Chetan Varia, Shailesh Patel

Made with TV Paint, Adobe AfterEffects, Display tablets from Wacom, Huion & XpPens, Blender, Adobe Photoshop

SPECIAL SUPPORT – Dr Alok Pandey, Dr Ananda Reddy, Narad (Richard Eggenberger), Devashish, Sushanto Nath, Kavita Dutta, Anuradha Majumdar, Jyoti Naoki Eri, Aurelio C. Hammer, Divyanshi Chugh, Surya Ravishankaran,
AuroMedia, Sri Aurobindo Society AuroYouth, Sri Aurobindo Society SAFIER, Sri Aurobindo Society, The Sarvam Trust USA, Supreme Promos & Marketing Rupantar, Key Fincorp, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives
SPECIAL THANKS – Shri Kudilal Govindram Seksaria Foundation, Mumbai Sri Aurobindo International School, Patiala, Auro Mirra Centre of Education Patiala, Auro Mirra International School, Bengaluru, Aurojeeva Trust, Puducherry, Foundation for World Education USA, Jagdish Chandra Sharma & Neelam Sharma Devotees from India, USA and Nairobi