Mukta Arts

Background
Mukta Arts is an Indian film production company that is founded in 1978 by Subhash Ghai. It is also involved in the production, distribution, and exhibition of films, serials, and entertainment software.

1st Logo (December 16, 1983-December 22, 1995)


Visuals: The sequence starts from a fade of a white symbol (Aum/Om). While it zooms out, a red Looney Tunes-esque background slowly appears. The background turns out to be a circle surrounded by red headphones, with "MUKTA ARTS PVT. LTD." text on the above inside of said circle. Later on, there are two people praying; a female on the left side of the logo, and a male on the opposite.

Trivia: The white symbol in the beginning is a religious Hindu symbol, called the "Aum," or "Om."

Technique: Live-action and practical effects.

Audio: A small ding with a sitar, with a chorus singing along with a man and woman singing. Ends in a dramatic albeit loud flourish of voices.

Availability: It was first seen on Hero, and was last seen on Trimurti.

2nd Logo (August 8, 1997)


Visuals: The camera pans around to reveal a set of snowy mountains, possibly resembling the Himalayas, with what appears to be a watchtower facing towards the left on top of the highest peak. While the camera pans around even more, the tower eventually faces toward the camera, letting off a really bright shine, as well as revealing an imprinted Om symbol on the mountain. The camera stops for a short time, and then slowly zooms toward the light, where a similarly styled golden Om symbol fades in front of the light, followed by a pair of purple headphones descending from the top and sitting right above the Om symbol, appearing to be enclosed by a purple ring. As the camera goes closer to the symbol, the shine dims down, only leaving a set of transparent rays emitting from the symbol, which is then followed by the company name in  on top of a platform to rise from the mountain and sit below the symbol, with the camera stopping as the text also stops moving. It ends with the text shifting its color to.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: First, a high-pitched, sustained string note with some xylophone arpeggios during the first sequence. Then, a tampura note and a choir chanting "Om" his heard when the mountain containing the Om symbol is revealed, followed by high-pitched xylophone ding when the bright light is shown. This continues until a string and percussion stinger when the headphones sit on top of the symbol is heard, where it ends with another choir chanting "Om" and some high-pitched xylophone dings.

Availability: Seen on Pardes.

3rd Logo (November 12, 2004-November 21, 2008)


Visuals: The logo starts with a view of a closeup of an out-lined, crystal-clear Om symbol (similarly styled to the previous logo) appearing to spin anti-clockwise while being inside of some outlined geometrical shapes, all of which are colored. The camera zooms away from said objects, which appear to be multiple pairs of rings spinning vertically, a huge ring that appears to be stagnant throughout, and a pair of headphones spinning clockwise. Each object emits a shiny aurora and appears to be colored. As the objects zoom out even more, they appear to take place in the middle of the ocean in a dark neon-blue kaleidoscopic environment. After a while, before the objects finally rest in their desired spots, they all individually wipe into a colorized version: a white Om symbol inside of numerous black and white rings, then followed by the company name in black "MUKTA ARTS LTD" fading on the top part of the rings. Before the text fades in, however, and underneath the logo, sparks appear from left to right, releasing the company name in a letter by letter that appears to spin until it corrects itself to face forward. The text is briefly shown to have a -white gradient style before a camera-defocusing effect occurs to get rid of the aurora and change the style of the text to become purely. The logo then fades out.

Variant: A filmed variant also exists.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A choir chanting the Gayatri mantra "ॐ भूर्भुव॒ स्सुवः॑ तत्स॑ वि॒तुर्वरे᳚ण्यं॒ भर्गो॑ दे॒वस्य॑ धीमहि धियो॒ यो नः॑ प्रचो॒दया᳚त् ॥ " is heard with a tampura faintly rolling that begins with a high-pitched bell stinger that ends with a harsh stinger when the text appears with three bell tongs.

Audio Variants:
 * In some films, the soundtrack ends sooner.
 * On Yuvvraaj, the tonging bells aren't present.

Availability: Seen on Apna Sapna Money Money and Kisna: The Warrior Poet, among with other films during the 2000s.