Life of an Indian taxi driver – Horn OK Please (2006)

“HORN OK PLEASE” follows a monotonous day in the life of an Indian taxi driver named Lucky. Lucky’s goal is to earn enough rupees to buy the air-conditioned taxi of his dreams…

HORN OK PLEASE was produced in 2006 by Flickerpix Animations Ltd. in Belfast. It has already won eight international awards. This animation is a creative collaboration between Indian and Northern Ireland animators.This film is combination of stop-motion (clay) models and drawn, composited backgrounds. The whole film was shot on a NIKON D70 stills camera and post-produced in After Effects on a simple pc.

What is depicted is from the life of a Mumbai taxi driver. The cartoon does a pretty good job of capturing Mumbai life!

Note: – In India “Horn OK Please” means “Horn Please”

You can catch the Youtube video here.