Manhole
Abhishek Verma | Jayesh Pillai | Amarnath Murugan | Amal Dev
Synopsis: “Compelled by the exigencies of poor economic life and caste identity, Amitabh, a young law graduate, becomes a manual scavenger. One day, to earn some extra money to support his family, he decides to get inside a large unsafe sewer to clear a blockage. He neither has protective gear, nor the accompanying engineer to check for poisonous gases. Will Amitabh come out safely?”
This is a real-time animation short film entirely created using the Unreal game engine. This short film is part of a
larger project that aims to spread awareness about the dangers of manual scavenging in India.
This short film was adjudged as one of the runners up in the Unreal Shorts India Program 2021. The production of the film was supported by Epic Games.
Official Selections
- Official Selection at the 61st Annecy International Animation Film Festival, 2022, France
- Official Selection at the 18th Seoul Independent Animation Film Festival, 2022, South Korea
- Official Selection at the 16th International Big Animation Festival (BFM), 2022, Moscow, Russia
- Official Selection at the 12th International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, 2022, Brazil
- Official Selection at the 14th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2022, India
- Official Selection at the 4th Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA, 2022, Greece
Media Coverage
- IDSFFK 2022
- Animación para adultos (2022)
- Annecy Film Festival 2022
- IIT Bombay (2021)
- Congrats to the team for making it to the top 3 in Unreal Engine’s Shorts India Program 2021.
- LinkedIn ▸ / Facebook ▸ / Twitter ▸
- Unreal Engine (2021)
- Indian Express (2021)
- PC Quest (2021)
Director’s Note
Collaborators
Supported by
Core Team
Abhishek Verma
Writer & Director
Jayesh Pillai
VR Director
Amarnath Murugan
Technical Director
Amal Dev
Art Director
Shantanu Yennemadi
Sound Designer
Aman Bhadauria
Digital Art Supervisor
Vikas Srivastava
Content Writer
Art Team
Shubhankar Bhingare : Concept Artist
(Deckor Team)
Neilmani Sharma : CG Supervisor
Yaman Upadhyay : Modeling Supervisor
Rhythm Aggarwal : Modeling Artist
Jatin Kashyap : Modeling Artist
Ravi Sah : Modeling Artist
Ravi Saini : Texture Artist
Deepak Singh : Texture artist
Siddharth Vajpai : Texture artist
Henna Chawla : Manager
Animation Team
Gokul C J : Creature (Billu) Animation
Srivatsav Cheruku : Additional Character
Animation
& Secondary Mo-Cap Cleanup
Sai Kiran Lavudiya : Secondary Mo-Cap
Cleanup
Ravi Rao : Animation Consultant
Music Team
Bimal Thankachan :
Original Music & Theme Song
Tanmay Kashyap : Teaser Rap Song
Dr. Mukund Oke : Opening Song
Voice Team
Ashish Singh : Voice of Amitabh
Abhishek Singh : Voice of Bunty
Arun Singh : Voice of Uncle
Motion Capture Team
ABAI Centre of Excellence, Bengaluru
Face Capture Team
Harsh Raj : Face-Cap Actor (Amitabh & Uncle)
& Mo-Cap Reference Actor (Amitabh)
Kumar Saurabh : Face-Cap Actor (Bunty)
& Mo-Cap Reference Actor (Bunty)
Neeraj Mishra : Mo-Cap Reference Actor (Uncle)
Mo-Cap Cleanup Team
(Apple Arts Studios)
Neel Madhu : Mo-Cap supervisor
Venkat Reddy : Mo-Cap Tech Lead
Karthik Ankamalla : Mo-Cap Quality Analist
Srikanth Arvapally : Senior Mo-Cap Artist
Prasad Itharaju : Senior Mo-Cap Artist
Vikram Ediga : Senior Mo-Cap Artist
Akhil Bharatha : Mo-Cap Artist
Murali Krishna Gorla : Mo-Cap Artist
Rajesh Panugothu : Mo-Cap Artist
Mohan Sai Andoju : Mo-Cap Artist
Uday Aldas : Mo-Cap Artist
Sai Shiva Bonagiri : Mo-Cap Artist
Sai Ganesh Bijigiri : Mo-Cap Artist
Pre-Production Team
Anish Sebastian : Character Animatoion (Animatic)
Arun Babu : 3D Space Designer
Piyush Priyadarshi : Production Consultant
Yogini Mukund Oke : Story Consultant
Shivam Kumar : Intern Student