Writer & Executive Producer
Chitra Soundar served as an Executive Producer and wrote multiple episodes on S1 of Nikhil & Jay, as the director of Jumping Kite.
Nikhil & Jay
52×11′
This 2D-animated family sit-com follows two mixed-heritage siblings. Nikhil and Jay is based on books by Chitra Soundar. Produced by King Banana TV & Paper Owl Films and CAKE!
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Winner at the Irish Animation Awards 2025
Winner of Irish Animation Awards 2025
Nikhil & Jay and the Messiest Mango, the pilot episode, written by Chitra Soundar, edited by Becky Overton won the Best Script for Animated Series at the Irish Animation Awards 2025.
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Winner at the Big Syn Film Festival
Nikhil & Jay won at the Big Syn Festival for the episode Nikhil & Jay and the Compost Monster written by Tasha Dhanraj.
Seen here with Dr Ragini Roy, Sustainability champion Moksha Roy are Lotte Elwell and Katie Simmons from King Banana TV and Tasha Dhanraj.
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Winner at the Royal Television Society – Northern Ireland Awards 2025
Winner of RTS – Northern Ireland for Children’s Animation.
Seen here are our directors Jamie Teehan, Nandita Jain with our NI producer from Paper Owl Films, Gavin Halpin.
Nikhil & Jay has been nominated for awards!
Finalist of the Best Programme/Show category at this year’s Asian Media Awards
Shortlisted for the Diversity & Inclusion category at the IndieLab Innovation Awards
Finalist in the Children’s Animation category at the RTS Northern Ireland Awards
Nikhil & Jay was also a finalist at the Rockies 2025.
