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Cosmos-Maya to bring 2nd seasons of Titoo, Gadget Guru Ganesha and Bapu mid-2021

CineBuster Online | Updated — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:08:09 +0000

It’s just the second week of the new year, and animation studio Cosmos-Maya is already on the heels of their own stellar performance in 2020.

By mid-2021, among a bevy of numerous upcoming projects the studio is releasing the second seasons of audience favorites Titoo, Gadget Guru Ganesha and Bapu. The former two have reached this milestone merely 6 months into their preliminary release. Titoo has been a top performer on Turner-owned Pogo, consistently being in the Top 5 viewed kids’ animated programs on Indian TV. Bapu and GGG are streaming on Indian OTT platform Zee5 and have been consistent top performers on TV as well, with Gadget Guru Ganesha contributing strongly to gross channel viewership of Disney Channel India.

The studio released Titoo on Pogo in July 2020, a show about the eponymous schoolboy who likes to help people but always ends up brewing trouble in the process. Bapu originally released in May 2020 and is a show about the Mahatma in a fun rendition of his social principles. On Ganesh Chaturthi‘20, they released Gadget Guru Ganesha, a fantasy animated show about a group of orphans and their friendship with a little Ganesha who employs mystical gadgets to solve problems with them.

Cosmos-Maya has unwaveringly adhered to strict production and release timelines in the past year, and it has reflected in the best way for the quality and performance of the 8 shows they’ve released. The new announcements are just the beginning of a long lineup planned in 2021, with big names such as Dabangg and Tenali Rama also in the offing.

Anish Mehta, CEO Cosmos-Maya commented, “This update stands to a simple fact –
Cosmos-Maya knows kids’ animation. We are creating some fantastic projects, keeping up with our timelines for 2021 with the same efficiency we kept in 2020. This is just the start of a great set of offerings lined up by Cosmos-Maya. Disney India and Turner (Warner Media) have played an integral part in our shows achieving the level of success that they see today. The domestic and international markets are opening up to a large cultural and creative diversity of animated content from every corner of the globe, and Indian homegrown kids’ content is here to make a mark deeper than ever. Our terrific creative heads Suhas Kadav (Bapu) and Dheeraj Berry (Titoo and Gadget Guru Ganesha) have helmed the projects with utmost ingenuity and have met the bar for success as with every Cosmos-Maya produced project. We have our finger on the pulse of audience demands and the media business landscape and 2021 will see the best of it.”

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During pandemic period too, Cosmos-Maya continues its market dominating position in India

CineBuster Online | Updated — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:45:03 +0000

Cosmos-Maya the animated studio known for hit animated shows like Motu Patlu and Selfie with Bajrangi have had a more than promising 2020. In the face of paradigm shifts in the macroeconomic scenario and the meaning of the workplace itself, the studio has consistently churned out one offering after the other throughout 2020, for TV as well as streaming OTT.

The studio started their IP library with 1 show in 2012. Currently they have witnessed a growth in scale where they have 5 high-performing IPs just within a span of 6 months since March 2020. This has seen the studio capture above 60% of the Indian animated market space.

In May, they released Bapu, a show based on Mahatma Gandhi and his principles airing on Disney Channel and Zee5. The show has been immensely successful and is already scheduled for a 2nd season. During the auspicious season of Ganesh Chaturthi, they released Gadget Guru Ganesha, a show about a boy’s friendship with the revered God figure and how together they solve various problems using mystical gadgets. Other than these brand-new shows they released Season 2 of Guddu, a 3D show centered around a circus lion and his posse released on Disney TV and Zee5.

The studio released their 4th new IP, Titoo on Pogo in July-end. It has been the top performing kids entertainment TV show for 4 weeks consistently since release. Come Diwali, Cosmos-Maya will be releasing their latest IP this year, Lambuji Tinguji in partnership with Turner on Cartoon Network.

Other than new projects, the studio transitioned one of their most powerful IPs, Selfie With Bajrangi to Disney+Hotstar, the OTT giant that established their presence in India in April. The platform ordered 234 episodes of the show being touted as the next biggest thing for the studio after their vastly successful characters Motu Patlu. While increasing the scale of their content umbrella, CM has also ensured creative diversity in the kind of topics addressed and the genres defined by their characters. Each show has something different to offer, talking to kids in an entertaining, non-pedantic manner.

Every major industry including media have suffered logistical and performance setbacks in 2020. In light of that, releasing 5 IPs with multiple international projects on the side is a feat unlike any other for Cosmos-Maya, especially considering that few production houses have made any fresh releases in 2020.

Commenting on this, CEO Anish Mehta said, “We are really glad to have found a way to work around the rigours of the lockdown and be able to provide new content as was planned for the current year. All content that we have made available in 2020 was born out of production plans drawn up as far back as 2019, and the real credit for our well-timed content delivery goes to our entire team of creative and executive professionals who handled the shift from office to home smoothly and collectively ensured that we stay as close to our release plans as possible. We are proud of our drive to consistently cater to kids’ entertainment requirements and have them enjoying while staying at home for this extended period. Additionally, I would like to deeply thank our OTT and broadcaster partners for the relationship they have endeavored to maintain with us, and the manner in which they modeled their ‘stay home, stay safe’ campaigns around our characters, which stands testament to our promise of sustainability – to keep on delivering clean, enjoyable entertainment for kids and their families.”

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‘Gadget Guru Ganesha’ launched during Ganapati festival

CineBuster Online | Updated — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:56:48 +0000

Cosmos-Maya, Asia’s leading animation studio and producer behind some of India’s most successful animated series including Motu Patlu and Selfie with Bajrangi has launched a new home-grown animated show, Gadget Guru Ganesha on Ganesh Chaturthi. The show will be broadcasted on Disney Channel India. It is also streaming on Zee5 along with Bapu and Guddu and aligns with the auspicious occasion of Ganeshotsav.

While this is the first time in many years that the festival known for its fanfare and grand celebration has been affected due to the lockdown and people are celebrating it from the safety of their homes. Cosmos Maya has brought Ganpati Bappa in a tech-savvy avatar to everyone’s home through their animated series. Known for creating animated series that have a distinct Indian flavor and global sensibilities, Cosmos Maya’s new show is a slice of life comedy set against a beautifully nuanced backdrop of Indian culture. Gadget Guru Ganesha features Guru, a seven-year-old intelligent boy and his soft toy Ganesha who has innovative gadgets. With Ganesha’s help Guru and his friends go through some mind-boggling experiences, while dealing with day to day issues along the way.

Ganpati is one of the most loved and popular names among kids and adults alike, and this series directed by Dheeraj Berry brings the Indian character and traditions alive for kids across borders and geographies in a relatable manner relevant to the times they live in and in terms they will resonate with. With the launch of the show, the team hopes that the kids find a friend in Gadget Guru Ganesha and celebrate this 11 day celebration with the same excitement at home.

Commenting on the launch of the show Anish Mehta, CEO Cosmos-Maya said, “At Cosmos Maya, we are always looking to create stories which speak to audiences easily and provide entertainment with values ensuring novelty with familiarity, especially when it comes to kid’s content. The show has two elements that kids love- Gadgets and Lord Ganesh someone whose idol is present in nearly every Indian home and every kid wants to be friends with and created this relatable yet fantasy led show intending to spark imagination and celebrate bonds of goodness and friendship. We are very excited to share our new offering through Disney Channel India and we are thankful toward them for giving us this opportunity. It has been a good year for us with kids accepting and enjoying our new programs like Titoo on Pogo, and we are really looking forward to them giving the same acceptance to our upcoming show Lambuji Tinguji soon to release in partnership with Turner.”

Dheeraj Berry, SVP-Creative Development and Current Projects, and director of the show said, “Lord Ganesha is known as the god who helps to fight obstacles. Kids are stuck in an unfortunate time, missing out on going to school and having fun with their friends. Gadget Guru Ganesha is the friend all kids have desired to have in their lives and promotes a ‘never-say-never’ spirit with the help of mystical gadgets and gizmos. The show has fantastical events which Guru traverses with the help of his friend Ganesha and his gadgets. It is an ode to every child’s wild imagination and seeks to instil valuable social ideals in a fun way. At Cosmos-Maya, we create characters and stories with soul and extraordinary imagination through animation and we are proud we had a chance to present this show during this auspicious time of Ganesh Chaturthi.”

Tune in to Disney Channel India every Saturday and Tuesday at 11 am or logon to Zee5 to catch on the episodes of Gadget Guru Ganesha and bring Bappa into your home through your screens.

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