Warner Bros. Pictures India Announces First Animation Film

Mumbai, India, June 02, 2008 -- Warner Bros. Pictures India enters into the animation genre with an untitled film directed by Jyotin Goel and produced by Geol Screencraft.

"This is a story of love and adventure, full of color, music, drama and comedy," says Jyotin Goel. "The film is not based on the human kingdom but portrays the melodious world of birds and attempts to explore their lives from an unusual standpoint. It is a journey into the lives of birds as they soar over dense jungles and teeming cities, giving them a point of view of the world that is hilariously different from ours."

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Speaking on this occasion Blaise Fernandes, Country Manager, Warner Bros. Pictures India says, "We are delighted to associate with Jyotin on this film. It marks our entry into the animation genre in India."

This film will be produced by Geol Screencraft; post production will be handled by Interactive Realities International Private Limited (IRIPL).

About the Director: Jyotin Goel:
Jyothin Goel is associated with two filmmaking firms – as the proprietor of Goel Screen craft and as a partner in Goel Cine Corporation. A highly regarded filmmaker, Jyotin Goel has personally produced five Hindi feature films and directed three, including hits like Zahreelay and Inaam Dus Hazar. He has also written and directed a science-fiction-based Television show, Antariksh (2007), which won the Sansui and Indian Television Academy awards for visual effects. Mr. Goel has been regularly elected to the Executive Committees of the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (the largest film producers' organization in India) and the Film Makers Combine, the apex body of two film producers' associations. He has been a member of the Indian Film Industry's panel for the selection of its official feature film entry for the Oscars.

About Warner Bros. Pictures:
Warner Bros. Pictures is one of the most successful motion picture studios in the world and has been entertaining global audiences for over 85 years with high-quality, innovative, acclaimed motion pictures. With some 30 offices around the world, Warner Bros. Pictures is also the leader in the distribution and marketing of feature films to the worldwide theatrical marketplace, releasing films to more than 120 territories. Warner Bros. Pictures is home to such recent world-renowned hit films as the Harry Potter films, 300 and I Am Legend.

About Geol Screencraft:
Geol Screecraft was established by Jyotin Goel in 1985 as an independent offshoot of its parent company, Goel Cine Corporation, one of the oldest feature film production companies in India. Together, the two companies have produced 24 feature films, including classics like Ek Phool Do Mali(1969), Dus Lakh (1966) and Aadmi Sadak Ka(1977). The Goel film library is one of the most prized collections in India with films that regularly feature on television movie channels all over the world.

About Interactive Realities International Private Limited
IRIPL was established in 1994, and is one of the leading players in Multimedia Production, Internet Applications, e Learning and Web Solutions in India, with a client list of global corporations that includes Yahoo, Adobe and Kodak.

Source: Warner Bros Pictures India