Arena Animation and Smita
Patil Street Theater are being featured in the Limca Book of Records, 2015, for
their initiative.
Mumbai, June 24th,
2014: Arena Animation, a leading animation institution in India has
joined hands with Smita Patil Street Theatre on the occasion of World Anti
Drugs Day, recognizing the persistent issue of drug addiction and its
consequences, especially amongst the student community. A renowned group from
the Smita Patil Street Theatre, which has been consistently listed in the Limca
Book of Records, for spreading awareness
through street plays, is performing across twenty colleges of the city from
June 23rd-June 30th. Their street play, Anth, based on
drugs, alcohol, and gutkha awareness has completed 6250 shows.
Since
1989, the group has performed plays all over the country. In 2012, they have
performed in Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Amritsar and
Guwahati with the support of Arena Animation. This year, they have chosen
Mumbai for their campaign. The colleges that the group will perform in include leading
Mumbai based institutes like KC, Jai Hind, Wilson, Rizvi, Bhavans, Chetna,
Sathe, Mithibai, Ismail Yusuf, Tolani, N.L., KJ Somaiya, Jhunjhunwala, Vikas
College, SK Rai, Tilak College, CK Thakur, Modern, Oriental, National College, Nanavati
college, Aggrawal college, Tendarkar College. These shows will also be listed in
The Limca Book of Records, 2015. Arena Animation has been in constant
association with Smita Patil Street Theatre for various social awareness
activities. They are planning to perform
shows across 300-400 colleges of the country to spread awareness on various
social issues on World Youth Day in August, 2014.
Many
eminent personalities spoke about the issue, sending a message to the youth. Nana
Chudasama, Former Mayor, Ex-Sherriff of Mumbai & President Giant
International, was quoted saying,
“AVOID DRUGS, IT KILLS. DRUG USERS ARE
LOSERS. DON'T TRADE YOUR FUTURE FOR DRUGS.”
Arif
Nasim Khan, Minister for Textile & Minority Welfare, Government of
Maharashtra, advised,
“MIL GAYE JO HUMARE KADAM SE KADAM, RAASTON MEIN UJALE BICHHA DENGE HUM..
AB TO UTHO MERE HIND KE WASIYON, AUR MITA DO YAHAN SE NASHE KE KADAM..”
“MIL GAYE JO HUMARE KADAM SE KADAM, RAASTON MEIN UJALE BICHHA DENGE HUM..
AB TO UTHO MERE HIND KE WASIYON, AUR MITA DO YAHAN SE NASHE KE KADAM..”
Javed
Deowelker, President Mumbai Labor Cell, NCP opined,
“DONT HUFF DONT PUFF, KEEP
AWAY FROM THAT STUFF.”
Amitabh
Bachchan advocated Anti-drug day by saying,
“THERE IS GREATNESS IN DOING
SOMETHING YOU HATE FOR THE SAKE OF SOMEONE YOU LOVE, HATE DRUGS, LOVE
YOURSELF.”
On this
occasion, Mr. Shrutidhar Paliwal, Vice President-Corporate Communications,
Aptech and spokesperson for Arena Animation said, “Being an education provider,
Arena recognizes its responsibility towards the student community to spread
awareness about drug addiction and the havoc it can cause in a student’s life.
Through this initiative, we hope to make a difference to as many students as
possible who, directly or indirectly, are affected by drug addiction.”
About
Arena Animation:
Arena Animation is a
Pioneer, Trendsetter and Global Leader in Animation education. Arena has an
extensive network of centers & has trained over 4,00,000 students globally
since its inception in 1996. Arena offers industry relevant courses on
Animation & Multimedia to students aspiring for global careers in this New
Age industry. It trains students as well as professionals in the latest
industry relevant courses backed by alliances with world leaders, a world-class
faculty and the latest technical educational tools. Arena’s students are placed
as Graphic Designers, Web Designers, 2D/3D Animators, 2D/3D Designers, AV
Editors, Technical Trainers, 3D Modelers, Multimedia Programmers, Compositors,
Visualizers, Content Developers and Pre and Post Production executives in blue
chip animation studios and entertainment companies like Prime Focus, Rhythm
& Hues Studios, Crest Animation Studios, EFX, UTV Toons, Toonz Animation,
Nipuna Services, Prasad Studio, Colour Chips, Ramoji Film City, Green Gold
Animation, DQ Entertainment, Paprikaas Animation Studios, UshaKiron TV, Sony
TV, Google India, NDTV, TOI, DD Sports, Discovery Channel, Divya Bhaskar,
Asianet Satellite Communications, ETV, NDTV, Zee Sports and Zee TV to name a
few.
For further information
please visit www.arena-multimedia.com
For further details contact:
Aptech Ltd
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