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Friday, June 22, 2007

Ajay Devgan in Toon film, Midday

Ajay's looney toon!



Devgan will soon be seen in an animated flick called Toonpur Ka Super Hero


Ajay Devgan is the latest actor in B-Town to have turned toon! Says producer Kumar Mangat, “The film, titled Toonpur Ka Super Hero, is being directed by ad filmmaker Kireet Khurana and produced by Sunil Lulla of Eros Entertainment and Big Screen Entertainment (Mangat’s production house). It’s a family adventure with dollops of romance and will feature Ajay, one top heroine and two children.”Something differentThe characters are based in a town called Toonpur (lol!), and the film will be a combination of animated and real-life characters. “Ajay will play himself. I plan to launch the film on July 2. It’s not a film about a superhero, as the title suggests, but something very different,” adds Mangat.He goes on to say that when Kireet narrated the concept, he immediately agreed to produce the film. “He has done lots of animated films and has even designed the Fido Dido cartoon in the 7-Up ad. Toonpur Ka Super Hero will be made at his studio and will be the first 3-D film with animation. It has a budget of Rs 40 crore and we start shooting immediately. It’s a novel idea and when Ajay heard the script he immediately agreed to do it. He is very excited,” says Mangat.Hi-techKireet, Creative Director and CEO of Climb Media Pvt Ltd, is a five-time National Award winner for animation films. “When we narrated the to story to Ajay, he was thrilled. I have written the story along with co-writers Mubeen Farooqi and Raagi Bhatnagar. TKSH will be India’s first 3-D animation film combined with live action,” he says. Khurana’s Climb Media Pvt Ltd has made Dooriyan and Gharaonda earlier. The creator of the award-winning animation series, Adventures of Chota Birbal, he is the founder member and former honorary secretary of India’s largest animation body, TASI. Khurana is also one of the partners in the animation company, 2nz Animation Company.

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