It is meant to entertain kids – and it may succeed, but as an adult accompanying the children – get ready to be very bored.Īnimations should have the power to enthrall audiences of any age. For Disney has graduated to a sleek and sharply intelligent level of sarcasm and social criticism that Indian animation will take years to come to.Īssuming this is perhaps one of the very few animated Indian films – the effort is admirable. The humour is tried and tedious and it only works on children who perhaps have not seen too many Disney animated flicks. The dubbing is rather terrible for the dialogues do not match the lip movements of the characters. The illustrations are well done and the fight sequences seem to come to life – it would make an excellent video game. Though they seem to have discovered the powers of gunpowder and one odd soldier even sports a pistol, swords and spears are their weapons of choice, absurdly. Set in the south east, the best guess could be Malaysia or Burma, the characters speak in a mixture of Hindi and convenient English words. And after battling the odds – Jumbo not only saves his kingdom, but destroys his arch enemy – Zoravat and is restored his honourable position in the royal elephantry. Fight sequences amongst the men and the beasts, the beasts and the beasts, the royal espionage kicking in with some action and the antics of the young elephants that helps Jumbo save the prisoners and his family.īut the war is not over – the evil wizard attacks Jumbo's camp with his army of zombie soldiers and elephants. Hearing the news of his mother's demise and his familys' capture, Jumbo gives up the royal amulet on his tusk, abandons his duty and goes on his journey to save his family. Far away while other elephants of the elephantry celebrate, Jumbo is distracted by Dildar, the little blue bird who has been the messenger for Jumbo.
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