KERALA, INDIA, November 10, 2003: For years the world of animation has been dominated by American and European characters, but now indigenous cartoons of international standards are being produced in India. Bill Dennis, an American citizen who has worked for Walt Disney Company and Hannah Barbera Studios is producing the Indian cartoon series, The Adventures of Hanuman, from his 450-employee strong, state-of-the-art studio in Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The 2-D and 3-D, TV series will focus on interesting episodes in Hanuman’s life. Explains Dennis, “The series will keep close to the original story. We want to make it very interesting; but we won’t take any creative liberties.” Indian folklore content was shown to Western audiences for the first time when the series on Tenali Raman, a brilliant 16th century court jester in south India was produced by Dennis’s studio and beamed through the Cartoon Network to world audiences in different languages.
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