“Suddenly it was really shocking. It surfaced like a scene in a Hollywood horror film – although most of our talent went into making fun films for the global audience, “a senior rigging actor said, a professional who produces digital skeletons for 3D characters and animation and visual effects. The artist requesting oblivion worked in a technicler’s studio at International Tech Park in Bangalore, now closed.
The transplant of Technicler India, owned by the Technicler Group of Paris, developed Visual Effects (VFX), cartoon and animation graphics for hundreds of full-length feature films for Hollywood, actually seen as a scene from a scary film for his 3,200 employees in Bengaluru and Mumbai.
This is the first huge pruning to see Indian AVGC-XR (animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and extended reality) industry, which affects the region in Bengaluru. Around 3,000 of its employees were located in Bengaluru and 200 in Mumbai. It has a global headcon of over 10,000 in France, America, Canada and India.
‘Thought it was a mischief’
“We had no clue about it until HR asked us to leave the office on February 24, 2025, our last working day. Some of us still thought that it was a mischief. It took us time to digest that we were part of the technicler’s global closure, “claimed that his identity had been selected to withdraw.
In Bangalore and Mumbai, technicists in hundreds of animators, lighting artists, simulator, image rendering specialists, shades and materials, shadow and oxuar managers, collaborators, color graders, post processing specialists, special effect experts, all productions of experts and volume experts. Worked for the atmosphere, hountric housing. Bros, MGM, Sony Pictures, The Disney Studios, 20th century Fox, Marvel Studio, Amazon Studio and many others.
Last full-length Hollywood feature film Technicler India was completed Mufasa: The Lion King By Walt Disney. “Mufasa: The Lion King” has grossed a total of $ 708 million worldwide, with collections in India with collections for ₹ 132.65 crore. Some global release that technicler worked from Bangalore Boots in Pus, Madagascar 3, Kung Fu Panda Series, Snow White, Lion King and Mission Impossible. Plankton: The Movie and Mickey Mouse Club House.
With the global closure of the technicler, all the four studios/ divisions of the company – MPC (Film and Episodeic), Mill (advertising films for brands), Micros Animation (Animation) and Technical Games (Games) have come into one standstill, which is 110 years old.
On February 26, Technicler India Managing Director Biren Ghosh at a virtual town hall told employees, “Technicler India is not moving economically and operating economically. We reached a situation where we are no longer able to act as an organization. ,
It came immediately after the technicler group, the original company, was filed for the court recovery process in France, in which the inability of investors cited their inability to move forward. However, Ghosh stated that counterparts in India’s leadership and other geographical regions had not done private for this disability and sudden decision to shut down operations. India management came to know about this only when he received an email from CEO Caroline Parot, CEO of Technical Group.
On 24 February, Parot’s email to Parot said that the group was unable to find new investors despite widespread efforts and hence the French Court of Justice was filed for the “recovery process” to get a chance to find a solution. It is understood that serious financial difficulties shut down all their studios and commercial functions globally.
Shock for state industry
Shockwaves were sent to the global VXF/ AVGC-XR industry due to the sudden closure of technicists, and for more Karnataka, the first state to bring a policy for AVGC-XR, which in the next five years with an ambitious plan with an ambitious plan with an ambitious plan to develop the sector in the next five years and reach close to one and a half million jobs. Technicolor India AVGC-XR (animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and extended reality) of Karnataka has been a global face of the industry.
Incidentally, reports of Technicolor exit match with GAFX-2025 (Games, Animation and Visual FX), which is an annual conference organized by the Karnataka government under the supervision of Priyank Kharge, the IT minister of the state, Priyank Kharge, by the Government of Karnataka.
Kharge said the closure of the technicler was due to “a global failure”, but the Indian hand had the right talent and competent leadership and continuously delivering the global platforms, winning the award and has been profitable. The minister said, “Karnataka is supported by its progressive policies and supporting ecosystems, provides the right environment for the AVGC-XR region and generates employment,” the minister said.
However, the irony is that when the global AVGC-XR experts in GAFX-2025 organized a series of discussion and discussions on the scope of global trade and employment of the industry on 27 February this year, dozens of technical employees, who had lost their global jobs a few days ago, were in crisis, were in crisis, were uncertain of their future.
Industry veteran Ashish S. Kulkarni, Chairman of FICCI for AVGC-AX and Chairman of McCiya Animation and Gaming Committee, said, “The whole industry is definitely shaken by the exit of technicler. This is a shock to the industry globally, a shock to Karnataka and the entire AVGX-XR ecosystem in the country. ,
A ray of hope?
However, he said that there can be relief as customers, mostly large filmmaking houses, will now look for other service providers within India. Kulkarni argued that the work done by India from India can go to other qualified AVGC-XR players of the country, and will not be lost to the country.
He further stated that the exit of the technicler can trigger a shakeout and consolidation in India’s AVGC-XR region, and it can also intensify the project-based hiring.
Munjal B. Shroff, Director and Chief Operating Officer of Graffity Multimedia, a production house and Animation and VFX Studio in Mumbai said, “It has come globally as a shock for the industry and is more for India and Bengaluru. But for global production homes, their shows must move forward, and they will look at other graphic material providers in the country. ,
According to AVGC -XR experts, there are some recession globally, as some global studios and graphics firms are yet to recover from the effects of Kovid -19 epidemic, as well as a cascading effect of authors’ strike in the US until a few months ago, Hollywood writers were on a strike to protect their livelihoods from their livelihood AI. “When there are no stories, there is no production, and the industry suffers from globally,” Shroff said.
Labor department
Meanwhile, Labor Commissioner HN Gopalakrishna met Technic Employees, Representatives of Karnataka State IT/ITES Employees Union (Kitu) and representatives of two legal counsels representing the technicler on 11 March. They told. Hindu“Employees have shared their complaints. They say that their February salary is not paid. Tax deduction from their salary is not given to the IT department from July 2024, according to them. Office fare has not been paid for three months. ,
Gopalakrishna said that the management has not yet officially abolished the services of the employees. No person of the company left the meeting leaving his legal advisors. He sought time to return with the authority and statements. The Labor Commissioner said, “Until we know whether it is an official trimming, trimmed or closed, we are unable to decide the next course of action,” said the Labor Commissioner.
“They did not do any job ahead and no salary. But they did not officially eliminate us because they do not want us to take legal action against them. Therefore, we are still employees of technickers according to documents. He issued us the experience certificate and told us that we were free to find other jobs, “an employee said on the condition of anonymity. According to the city-based hiring consultant, many of these employees have swimmed their CVS on many job sites and demanded an alternative career engagement on LinkedIn.
Kitu President VJK Nair said that a large -scale retrenchment in technicler has put many thousands of employees in crisis. Hundreds of employees approached the union on 2 March, and the Sangh formed a unit of technicler employees and filed an industrial dispute in the Labor Commissioner’s Office.
“We are following the process. We are also filing separate complaints to recover their pending salary under Section 33C. The next reconciliation meeting with the Labor Commissioner will be held in Bengaluru on 18 March, “said Nair.
indefinite time
As uncertainty persists, more than 3,200 animators are in deep crisis. Their salary is unpaid, and they say they are not able to pay their fares and are not able to pay EMI as “as” funds “from the headquarters. ,
“We have shifted this job with our families to Bengaluru for this job. Our children are in school. We feel betrayal and sacrifice by the company that we happily served for years. We suddenly were suddenly removed without permission to take our personal belongings that day, “a graphic artist accused his cheeks with tears.
An email query sent to the technicler headquarters in Paris did not respond.
Published – March 14, 2025 06:54 AM IST
