Suresh Eriyat, the founder and director of Studio Eeksaurus, and Adithi Krishnadas, the director of National Award-winning animation film Kandittund! speak about the film, the studio's previous award-winning work and the issues plaguing the animation industry
At the recently concluded 69th National Film Awards 2023, Studio Eeksaurus bagged the award for the best animation short Malayalam film Kandittund! (Seen it!). Directed by Adithi Krishnadas and produced by Studio Eeksaurus, the film is a charming and entertaining depiction of the tales that producer Suresh Eriyat’s father PNK Panicker used to tell him during his childhood. “My wish was to re-present the good old storytellers like our grandmas and grandpas and their storytelling in a new contemporary context that is appetising even for the youth who were deprived of that privilege of growing up around their storytelling grandparents,” says Eriyat.
“Also, I believe that such stories and tellers exist in every nook and corner of the country, it will be a treasure to archive them if we can retell their stories in a brand-new form.”