Date 12 Oct 1990, at one of the suburbs of Southern Calcutta. It should have been a friday, as Praby, Tuhi and Cachee were idling around in the silent ailes of the Study hall.
It was a typical friday room- study time, tomorrow being a holiday.
The like minded had gathered together; Praby - a good cartoonist, with a knack of humor. Tuhi -the guy with inexplicable and inexhaustable enthusiasm. Cachee the one with the good ideas and passable sketching.
The dream was to create a comic book. After due deliberation a character was born, a stupid one-- Dullo was what we called him/her(I don't recall was it a he or she, or was it that we wanted to associate stupidity to it, irrepective of the sex ) .Dullo - A sweet donkey.
Date 29 Nov 2004,Cachee's vision still exists while sitting in a dimly lit room on the second floor of a semi urban apartment. However, now he wonders will the animation wind blow from India. Praby's wish is now what Paprikaas Animation Studio's mission is. Tuhi is busy giving solace to the unsatisfied souls on the banks of Ganges whereas After Effects and Maya are giving solace to the artistic child that was in Tuhi.
Incredibles release on 17th December in India and the hazy image of Praby, Tuhi and Cachee right acroos the winter frost on the window pane ......makes me wish, there ought to be something like Pixar in India.

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