Shilpa Ranade

{{Short description|Indian designer, animator, illustrator, filmmaker and academic}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Shilpa Ranade

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| birth_date = 1966

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Animator, filmmaker, illustrator, designer and acamedician

| years_active = 1995-present

| notable_works = 'Mani's Dying',

'Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya'

}}

Shilpa Ranade (born 1966) is an Indian designer, animator, illustrator, filmmaker{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/69136/shilpa-example-stage-talent-meets-cause/|title=Animator Shilpa Ranade sets an example of 'When talent meets a cause'|access-date=2017-02-04}} and academic.{{Cite web|url=http://www.animationxpress.com/index.php/animation/the-need-for-personal-animation-a-chat-with-idcs-professor-shilpa-ranade|title=The need for personal animation: A chat with IDC's professor Shilpa Ranade - AnimationXpressAnimationXpress|website=www.animationxpress.com|access-date=2016-09-04}} She has been faculty at the Industrial Design Centre at IIT Bombay since 2001. She has directed animated short films for Channel 4, UK and her films have been screened all over the world, winning accolades in some of the most prestigious film festivals.{{Cite web|url=http://miff.in/ms-shilpa-ranade-india/|title=Ms. Shilpa Ranade (India)Mumbai International Film Festival {{!}} Mumbai International Film Festival|website=miff.in|language=en|access-date=2017-02-04}} The award-winning{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-11-21/news/44326907_1_jury-prize-film-festival-golden-elephant-award|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127222602/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-11-21/news/44326907_1_jury-prize-film-festival-golden-elephant-award|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 27, 2013|title=International Children's Film Festival ends in Hyderabad|access-date=2016-09-04}} animation movie Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya was her last full-length feature film which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-is-shining-at-the-toronto-international-film-festival/1/308974.html|title=Will The Lunchbox do a Slumdog Millionaire?|access-date=2016-09-04}} Her other films are Naja Goes to School and Mani's Dying.{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/NNIC5yWOhYCWNY207xcFuN/Preview--Goopi-Gawaiiya-Bagha-Bajaiiya.html|title=Preview - Goopi Gawaiiya Bagha Bajaiiya|last=Ramnath|first=Nandini|date=|website=www.livemint.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/lets-animate-the-classroom/16644173|title=Let's animate the classroom|access-date=2016-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/XkTTd4dn10DpINTAg2KoBJ/Book-Review-Petu-Pumpkin-Tooth-Troubles.html|title=Book Review: Petu Pumpkin: Tooth Troubles|last=Khurana|first=Chanpreet|date=2015-01-17|access-date=2016-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-kumbh-goopy-partition-stories-in-toronto-film-fest-1883111|title=Kumbh, Goopy & Partition stories in Toronto film fest {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2013-09-02|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/international/4206-diff-2014-to-screen-international-animation-package|title=DIFF 2014 to screen International Animation Package|website=www.thetibetpost.com|access-date=2016-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.op-online.de/region/freundschaft-abenteuer-3866805.html|title=Freundschaft und Abenteuer|date=2014-09-17|access-date=2016-09-04}}

Early life and education

As a child, she was deeply interested in drawing and art. Her parents encouraged her to pursue a career in an area of her interest. After class 10, she decided to pursue applied art and she went to Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art{{Citation|last=Dsource Ekalpa India|title=The Story of Indian Animation - Shilpa Ranade|date=2015-04-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxnGGJRqrew|accessdate=2017-02-04}} where she specialized in Illustration and Video. She then decided to pursue visual communication at I.I.T. Bombay and in 1989, she graduated with Master in Design (Visual Communication) with a specialization in Advanced Illustration and Video.{{Cite web|url=http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/shilpa/|title=Prof. Shilpa Ranade Industrial Design Centre , IIT Bombay|website=www.idc.iitb.ac.in|access-date=2017-02-04}} To study animation formally, she pursued her M.Phil in Animation at the Royal College of Art in London. Her thesis was on 'Indigenous Images and Narratives for Socially Relevant Animation'.

Career

In 2001, she joined Industrial Design Centre at I.I.T Bombay and was responsible for setting up the centre's first degree program in animation. Its first batch graduated in 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://thelifeofscience.com/2016/09/26/shilpa-on-the-research-that-animators-do/|title=Shilpa on the research animators do|last=TLoS|date=2016-09-26|website=The Life of Science|access-date=2017-02-04}}

She has also illustrated numerous books for children for leading publishers in the country including Scholastic, Eklavya, Pratham and Karadi Tales.{{Cite web|title=Ms. Shilpa Ranade (India)Mumbai International Film Festival {{!}} Mumbai International Film Festival|url=https://miff.in/ms-shilpa-ranade-india/|access-date=2020-07-04|website=miff.in}}

Her latest curatorial endeavor includes two large volumes: Plant Life and Child Farmers. While 'Plant Life' is an anthology of children's drawing and writing on their perceptions on lower and higher plants, 'Child Farmers' portrays the lives of the children of the farmers of Vidarbha who lost their fathers to suicide.

In 2013, she directed her first feature-length animation film Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya for the Children's Film Society of India. The film is an adaptation of a 1915 children's story by Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury about two musician friends on an adventure. Her film has premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and has been screened at Busan Korea, MAMI India, DIFF Dubai and NYICFF New York among others.

She is also a founding member of Damroo which is responsible for creating content for children where she produced books and films while working closely with children. She has also illustrated numerous books for children for leading publishers in the country such as Scholastic, Eklavya, Pratham and Karadi Tales.