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About Prana Studios

Prana Studios was a computer animation and visual effects company founded in April 2003. Its work spanned animated features, live-action film effects, television and themed entertainment. Based in Los Angeles with its principal production operation in Mumbai, the studio used an integrated international production pipeline to serve Hollywood and Indian entertainment markets.

The company provided animation production from visual development and storyboards through character modeling, rigging, animation, lighting and compositing. Its technical capabilities included photorealistic texturing, creature animation, crowd simulation, digital set extensions and stereoscopic imagery. These capabilities supported both fully animated productions and effects sequences integrated into live-action footage.

Animation and visual effects

Prana's early feature work included lighting, visual effects and shot finishing for Hoodwinked! It subsequently developed a multi-picture production relationship with DisneyToon Studios, contributing animation to six Tinker Bell features and aerial computer-generated sequences for Planes. Its animation portfolio also included the Unstable Fables trilogy and Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return.

The studio's Indian film work included digital period environments for Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! and Bombay Velvet. These projects reconstructed historical urban settings through visual effects, extending its work beyond character animation into environment creation and live-action production support.

Themed entertainment

Prana also produced media for flying theatres, dome simulators, dark rides and multisensory attractions. Its services combined digital storytelling, pre-production art direction and stereoscopic production for location-based entertainment. A notable project was the 18-minute attraction media for the 5D Castle Theatre at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in China.

Financial distress and unpaid client receivables disrupted the business in 2019. Prana ceased operations on July 10 that year, and its Indian production company entered liquidation. Its surviving portfolio documents work across feature animation, visual effects and attraction media during its operating history.

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Founders and historical leadership

  • Arish Fyzee, Kristin Dornig and Pankaj Gunsagar co-founded the studio. The report identifies Fyzee as CEO and creative director, Dornig as co-CEO, and Anish Mulani as president and CEO during the company's operating history.

Financial backing and affiliated production

  • Reported investors included Anand Mahindra, Mukesh Ambani, Nexus Venture Partners' Naren Gupta and Sherpalo Ventures' Ram Shriram.
  • In March 2013, affiliate 34x118 Holdings, LLC acquired Rhythm & Hues Studios out of bankruptcy for approximately $17.8 million. Rhythm & Hues continued as a distinct affiliated brand, with Prana providing back-end support. Work described as belonging to their combined pipeline should not be treated as exclusively Prana's output.

Production continuity

  • Following Prana's shutdown, unfinished work on The VeggieTales Show and a substantial group of former animation and technical staff moved to 88 Pictures to complete production.
  • Former Prana leaders Arish Fyzee and Anish Mulani subsequently established Fractal Picture as a separate animation, VFX and themed entertainment venture.

Notable credits

16 credits
  • Hoodwinked!
  • Planes
  • Tinker Bell
  • Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
  • Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
  • Secret of the Wings
  • The Pirate Fairy
  • Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
  • 3 Pigs and a Baby
  • Tortoise vs. Hare
  • The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show
  • Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
  • 5D Castle Theatre
  • Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
  • Bombay Velvet
  • The VeggieTales Show — initial production

Offices

Current and former locations of Prana Studios

2 locations

  • Mumbai office

    Former office
    Unit No. 901, 9th Floor, Building No. 4, Infinity IT Park, 239, General A. K. Vaidya Marg, Dindoshi, Malad (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400097, IndiaMumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Closed 2019

    Main integrated animation and VFX production hub, operated through Prana Studios Private Limited. Operations ceased on July 10, 2019.

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  • Los Angeles offices

    Former office
    Los Angeles, California, United States

    Closed 2019

    About this office

    **Office** Status: inactive / historical Headquarters Address: 10960 Wilshire Blvd, Floor 14, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA Closed: 2019 Historical overall headquarters and executive creative office. Operations ended with the studio's July 2019 shutdown. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 1145 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA 90038, USA Closed: 2019 Historical production facility listed separately from the executive headquarters. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: Jefferson Creative Campus, 5870–5890 W. Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016 Closed: 2019 Historical creative space in the Los Angeles / Culver City submarket.

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