2018-19 @ Vivi5*All Rights Reserved.
**Vivi5: to viv.i.fy, to bring life to, to animate.

RITA DHANKANI
Founder & Creative Director
MEHUL MAHICHA
Creative Director / Executive Producer
Vivi5 Studio is lead by animation film directors, Rita Dhankani and Mehul Mahicha; both from multidisciplinary backgrounds in animation, art, design, film-making & production. The duo joined forces for their common love for creating original brand driven content. Or simply put as, to make good films!

Since then, they have successfully designed, directed, animated and produced Short films, TVCs, AVs, Info graphics etc in a variety of mediums such as 2D, 3D, stop-motion & mix media, with their in-house team of script writers, designers, Illustrators and animators.
A design aficionado with 13+ years of experience, Rita is a perfectionist when it comes to rendering creative services. Her education in advertising and filmmaking helps the studio bring out aesthetically rich-impactful-unique-&-purposeful design solutions for its clients and partners.

Rita founded Vivi5 Studio in Dubai in 2006 with an objective to create unique content across the board, including filmmaking techniques, platforms, sectors and mediums.

Her works have been awarded at IDPA, FICCI and screened at national and international festivals like Dubai Lynx (UAE), Animadrid (Spain), SIAF (Seoul), Anima Mundi (Brazil), Anifest and FICCI (India)

Rita studied Applied Arts at the Fine Arts Faculty, Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) and Animation Film Design at the National Institute of Design, NID – Ahmedabad.

Presently, she takes care of Creative Direction, Marketing and Business development for the Studio. A believer in social good, Rita also looks for opportunities that allow her to use her design expertise as a tool to influence change.
Mehul in his 13+ years of experience in the industry has mastered the art of content development, design and production. Specialized in art & animation filmmaking, Mehul brings sustainable design solutions by striking a right balance between creativity, art and commerce.

His films have been awarded at IBDA, IPDA, FICCI Frames, MOCHA Film Club Festival, SIGGRAPH and nominated at various national and international festivals in India, SIAF (Seoul), Anima (Brussels), Bollywood & Beyond Festival (Stuttgart).

Mehul studied painting in Fine Arts Faculty, CN Vidhyalaya and Animation Film Design at the National Institute of Design, NID – Ahmedabad.

Before partnering and setting up Vivi5 Studio in 2010, Mehul worked as an Animator at Famous House of Animation, as an Art Director at Graphiti Multimedia-Mumbai and as an Animation Director at Miditech Pvt Ltd-Delhi.

As an avid storyteller, film director and producer, Mehul is passionate about creating and developing original content that is edu-tainment driven.
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