Wacky all the way: Animator Suresh captures profound ideas in humour

Suresh Eriyat, the man behind Studio Eeksaurus, believes that the retrospective is a good way to bring the focus on the art of animation.

Nilima Eriyat watches as a family of four dig through the 'selfie frames' in various shades of brown the moment they walk into the hall.

A one per cent brown is as pale as it can get, where brown becomes beige. A 90 per cent brown is probably what Naomi Campbell will choose to explain her skin tone. The family find their match in the range between 60 and 80 per cent and proceeds to click selfies with their faces framed in them.

It is only then Nilima steps in, explaining to the family that the selfie-point is a wacky introduction to 'What is Your Brown Number?', one of the animated shorts produced by Studio Eeksaurus. Nilima is the co-founder of the Mumbai-based studio.

The 2D animated satire, a graduate thesis of animation filmmaker Vinnie Ann Bose for National Institute of Design, is one of the films being shown at Bangalore International Centre till December 15.