Assemblage Entertainment is an Indian
animation studio based out of
Mumbai
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, founded in December 2013, by industry veteran AK Madhavan (fondly known as Madmax). The studio distributes
animation productions of major
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studios and other independent
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Background
In September 2015, Assemblage Entertainment completed work on its first feature animation film,
Blinky Bill the Movie
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, a full-length feature film co-produced by
Flying Bark Productions
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, Telegael.
Starting with a team of fewer than 20 artists in the suburbs of
Mumbai
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, the company has grown rapidly into a studio of over 450 people, working on full-length features for global audiences. It has established itself as a leading independent player in
animation, with numerous projects from global producers. The CEO of
Google
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,
Sundar Pichai
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mentioned Assemblage Entertainment as forbearer of their
Google Cloud Platform at the GCP Next Global User Conference on 23 March 2016.
The company also experiments with different types of film making. Recently, it ventured into short-film making with Living Idle.
Visual effects
In 2021, the company set up their VFX unit and was one of the leading VFX studios to work on
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect directed by
R. Madhavan
Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who predominantly appears in Tamil and Hindi films. Madhavan has won four Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
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. The movie was premiered at the
Cannes Film Festival
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and was appreciated by critics and audience alike.
Feature films
TV Show
DVD
References
External links
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Indian animation studios
Film production companies based in Mumbai
2013 establishments in Maharashtra
Mass media companies established in 2013
Indian companies established in 2013