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?”

Manhole1 Screenshot1 — A screenshot from the short film: The street where the story takes place.

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.

Trailer - Manhole Short Film

IMDb page - Manhole (2021)

Design Process

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ITM_screenshot1 — A screenshot from the experience: Amitabh and Bunty looking into the manhole.

Techincal Details

Outcome

Collaborators

Supported by

The short film was supported by the Epic India short film program.

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