Ek Anek Aur Ekta - Wikipedia Ek Anek Aur Ekta Ek Anek Aur Ekta Directed by Vijaya Mulay Produced by Films Division of India Screenplay by Vijaya Mulay Music by Vasant Desai Edited by Waman B. Bhosle and Guru Dutt Shirali ( Waman - Guru ) Production company National Centre for Education Technology ( NCERT ) Release date Running time 7 : 07 Country India Language Hindi Ek Anek Aur Ekta or `` One, Many, and Unity '' ( also known as Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiyan after the title song ) is a traditionally animated short educational film released by the Films Division of India ( Government of India ). It was released in 1974. It was aired on the public broadcaster channel Doordarshan and became very popular among children. Contents 1 Summary 2 The team 3 References 4 External links Summary The film was intended to teach the value of unity and teamwork to children ( Unity in Diversity ). It also contains the message of how India is stronger if its citizens stand united, regardless of cultural differences. It begins with a group of children playing in a garden with one of them asking his elder sister, `` Didi, yeh anek kya hota hai ? '', or in English, `` Sis, what do you mean by Many ? ''. The rest of the film is the sister 's reply, using a metaphorical story of how a group of birds escape a bird catcher by uniting to recruit their friends, a group of mice. The team The film was directed by Vijaya Mulay. The film 's design, animation and creation was done by Bhimsain Khurana. The lyrics of Hind Desh ke Niwasi were written by Pandit Vinay Chandra Maudgalya. Sadhna Sargam sang Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiyan. The assistants were S.M. Hasan, Mahesh Taavre and Girish Rao. The film won the National Film Award for Best Educational Film., and it was the first film from the animation studios of then Center for Education Technology. The film also won the Best Children 's Film award in Japan. The film is considered to be one of India 's greatest examples of animation story - telling, and well remembered by the 80s generation as a classic illustration of Anekta mein Ekta. References Jump up ^ `` Jubilee Year - Films Division celebrates six decades of telling the story of India ''. Indian Express. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2013. ^ Jump up to : Narwekar, Sanjit ( 1994 ). Directory of Indian film - makers and films. Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England : Flicks Books. p. 54. ISBN 978 - 0 - 948911 - 40 - 8. OCLC 30386224. Jump up ^ Abhimanyu Mishra. `` I wo n't mind singing an item number : unknown singer ''. The Times of India. Jump up ^ Sharma, Bela Rani ( 1998 ). Vijay Kaushik, ed. Women 's Rights and World Development. Encyclopaedia of human rights & women 's development. 5. Sarup & Sons. p. 350. ISBN 978 - 81 - 7625 - 015 - 3. OCLC 70510934. Jump up ^ `` National Film Awards ''. The Education quarterly. Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, Government of India. 27 : 34. 1975. ISSN 0013 - 1482. OCLC 1567557. Jump up ^ `` Documentaries and Shorts ''. Climb Media. Retrieved 17 March 2010. Jump up ^ `` Tales Well Told ''. The Tribune. 13 February 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2010. 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Rajamouli Soundarya Rajinikanth Gitanjali Rao Kodi Ramakrishna Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Binu Sasidharan Pankaj Sharma Manick Sorcar Awards National Film Award for Best Animated Film National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film Schools, colleges and institutes Arena Animation DSK International Campus Frameboxx Animation & Visual Effects Image College of Arts, Animation & Technology Industrial Design Centre National Institute of Design National Institute of Design, Gandhinagar University Institute of Animation & Multimedia, Chandigarh University Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ek_Anek_Aur_Ekta&oldid=815577782 '' Categories : Hindi - language films 1974 films Indian films Indian documentary films 1970s animated short films Indian animated short films 1970s Hindi - language films 1974 animated films Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from October 2010 Use Indian English from December 2013 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Use dmy dates from December 2013 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Edit links This page was last edited on 15 December 2017, at 18 : 11. 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Question: who directed the iconic animated short educational film ek anek aur ekta
Answer: Vijaya Mulay; Vijaya Mulay; Vijaya Mulay; Vijaya Mulay; Vijaya Mulay