MUMBAI: Reliance Animation‘s Krishna Aur Kans has won the Asifa Special Jury Award in the best animation and special effects film category. The film has been directed by Vikram Veturi.

Krishna Aur Kans, India‘s first stereoscopic animated feature film has already won rave reviews due to its amazing animation quality and excellent storytelling. The film is also the first true family entertainer among Indian animated feature films.

The award is indeed well earned for Reliance Animation CEO and the executive producer Ashish SK. Ashish said, "This award belongs to every member of the 1200 artists who have painstakingly worked on the project over the last five and half years and also to the research team who had put together an incredible four years to get every aspect of the content authentic.

We tried to create a point of reference and also a benchmark for Indian animation, a quality parameter that will give Indian animated content a respectable position in global perspective. We are glad that our efforts have been recognized. This is an extremely prestigious award for us and we hope to continue the good work."

Govind Nihalni observed, "Krishna Aur Kans is a very rich film from every perspective. It‘s visually rich, extremely aesthetic, the characters are brilliant, the voice acting is excellent and the language is truly pleasing to the ears. I found the direction of the film to be really inventive. The sequences, scene plotting, thematic execution, visuals were quiet exquisitely directed. Especially the background music supported the film really well."

The audio and DVD of the film has already been released across the country.