- Abotani popular Arunachal folk hero will be seen in an animated version as a mythical hero by a London based trust
- Adivasi Arts Trust is working to revive indigenous arts and culture through animation and will reach wider spread ordains and the movie will be release by year end
- The hero of folktales Abotani is of Tani tribes of Himalayan state including Apatani, Nyishi, Adi, Tagin and Hill Miri tribes
- ‘Abotani’ is surrounded by Kiipu (a dog) and Duumpoo (a deer) from the clutches of Digo Ane (Keeper of Land) and his relation with brother Yapom, a spirit who tries to free himself and his friends from a trouble
- Festivals and cultural events in Arunachal Pradesh and U.K. will be shown in schools and this movie will pass a message of mankind’s interdependence on the natural and supernatural worlds
- Department of Mass Communication in Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh and Centre for Cultural Research and Documentation together have started the pre-production work
- Jonathan Marchant British animation model professional made the models and added a few more effects inspired by the traditional art exhibited in the JN State Museum in Itanagar
- Indian animators who are still pursuing their studies in the National Institute of Design made the stop motion animation
- Traditional two miniature huts made of bamboos were incorporated and were taken all the way to Delhi from Arunachal Pradesh
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/popular-arunachal-folk-hero-to-get-animation-avatar-soon/article6310190.ece