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= Bhimsain Khurana = Bhimsain Khurana (Born: 24th Nov, 1936 in Multan, Punjab, British India now Pakistan) also known as 'Father of Indian Animation' is an India's animation pioneer and film maker, he is one of the creator of parallel cinema movement in India of the 70s. Bhimsain moved to Lucknow after the partition of India in 1947. In 1961, Bhimsain moved to Mumbai after he secured a job at the monolith Films Division as background-painter. It is here that he learned the art and craft of animation film-making. He has also authored the book 'Incomplete story of animation' which was released by Governor of Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao.

His first animation short film "The Climb" won him the prestigious "Silver Hugo award" at the Chicago Film Festival. After which he founded his company Climb films (Now Climb Media) after the film’s success.

Bhimsain has won 16 President's National awards.

Early life and career.
Born in 1936, Bhimsain obtained his diploma in Fine Arts and Classical Music from Lucknow University. In 1970, he made his debut with his first animation short “The Climb” which earned him the Silver Hugo Award in the Chicago Film Festival.

Soon after, he directed and produced several animations and ad films. “Na”, “Ek-Do”, “Fire”, ”Munni”, “Freedom is a Thin Line”, “Mehman”, “Kahani Har Zamne Ki”, “Business is People” are some of his works which won him National and International awards. He further established as a director and producer with his animation short “Ek Anek Ekta”. This film got him another National Award in the same year.

Bhimsain then diversified into Feature film production. In 1976 his first feature film “Gharaonda” became a success. And received more than 30 awards including 5 Filmfare awards. Bhimsain received Best Critics award for the film. This was followed by two other successful feature films, of which “Doooriyan” bagged yet another Filmfare award.

In 1985, Bhimsain ventured into T.V.serial production with a sitcom “Choti Badi Baaten” based on superstitions. During the same period, he also made several documentaries like “Der Aaye Durust Aaye”, “Shaadi Shaadi”, “Jeevan Rahasya”, “Setu” and “Roshni”. His documentary “Kathni Karni Eksi” fetched him two National awards in 1990.

In 1991, he revitalized the Indian animation by making India’s first computer-aided animation series “Lok Gatha” based on folk tales. This path-breaking series fetched him 3 National awards. Apart from this he also made India’s largest animation project till date in the form of a 26 episode series “Vartmaan” aired on Doordarshan.