Shantketan Films

Credits

Editions by
Tabit

Video captures courtesy of
Shane Latto 2009 ☕, Santiago Reveco Lepe Reborn and WoodKnapp94

Background

Shantketan Films was an Indian film production company established around 1980 by late film producer K.C. Sharma.

1st Logo (November 6, 1981-March 27, 1987)

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Visuals: It starts off with a stock space background with faint galaxies passing by. After about 15 seconds, a stylized "SKF" in white appears from the bottom of the screen and travels to the center of the screen. The "SKF" clones several times and about halfway through, A hand-drawn globe apears on the top portion of the screen and places itself above the "SKF". A hand doing a hand sign appears in front of the globe, which causes the "SKF" clones to stop appearing, along with the company's name "Shantketan Films" in a white, curvy font appearing below the hand and globe. The space background fades away, and a set of sunrays appear behind the hand. Lastly, it zooms in for half almost a second.

Technique: A mix of chroma-keyed imagery and traditional animation.

Audio: Staring with a tampura rolling in the background, multiple synthesized glissandos play when the "SKF" is first shown, and a melody is made by a woodwind instrument when the company's name appears.

Audio Variant: In Shradhanjali, it starts off with a few ascending vibraphone notes, followed by a dreamy synthesized tune when the "SKF" is first shown, which gets more dramatic as more elements appear in the logo. When the text appears, a dramatic chorus with bells ringing is heard.

Availability: Seen on Shradhanjali, Bandhan Kuchchey Dhaagon Ka and Hukumat.

2nd Logo (August 18, 1989-May 19, 1995)

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Visuals: An updated version of the previous logo, with the space scenery having less galaxies and more moving stars. At the beginning, images of planets Jupiter and Saturn on the bottom-right and left corners respectively, along with an image of the Andromeda galaxy on the top-right of the background fade in and zoom in towards the viewer, which all fade out after a few seconds as a spinning model of the earth emerges from the bottom-left corner of the screen and zooms to the center of the background. Shortly after stopping, the same "SKF" travels to the center of the earth, leaving a sky-blue trail. The initials appear and zoom seven times before a differently-styled, brighter-colored hand fades in behind the earth. This is followed by a set of white rays appearing behind the SKF logo, which is paired with the company name in the same style as the previous logo.

Variants: In its first initial appearances, the company name was displayed as "Shantketan Film Combines".

Technique: Scanimate animation and live action with some chroma-keyed effects at certain points.

Audio: Staring with a tampura rolling in the background, multiple synthesized glissandos play when the "SKF" is first shown, and a melody is made by a woodwind instrument when the company's name appears.

Audio Variant: In Maa, the fanfare cuts off abruptly when it reaches near the end.

Availability: Seen on Elaan E Jung, Tahalka, Maa and Policewala Gunda.

3rd Logo (September 18, 2015)

Visuals: The camera zooms in towards the planet Earth surrounded by a bright blue-colored nebula in deep space, which comprises a starfield, some nebulae, and an exo-planet on the left. The camera rotates counter-clockwise as the camera continues to zoom towards it. When it gets close to the Earth, a photographed hand doing the same hand sign fades in behind the Earth while a metallic "SKF" appears within the Earth and zooms outwards to become more visible. This happens simultaneously with a gold spark appearing behind the hand and the Earth releasing another, larger golden spark to reveal the golden "Shantketan Films" sitting below the modernized logo seconds later. Here, after the spark fades away, the company name lets off a shine left to right while "Since 1980" in a golden texture fades in below the company name.

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: A dramatic cinematic track plays at the start with a reverse cymbal crash that joins with a soothing theme made up of a group of women singing. Sound effects play as a response to the visuals, such as a whipping noise for the "SKF", some whooshing noises for the flashes, and some twinkling for the shining.

Availability: Seen only in Dunno Y2... Life Is A Moment.