It is nice to see Bollywood
maturing with innovative concepts, exploring into new
techniques of animation films. A new animated hindi film
- Bird Idol is the story of a group of birds in Mumbai.
The movie is targeted towards the kids and even the
youth. Produced by Jyotin Goel and Dev Goel and directed
by Jyotin Goel who creates a fantasy world where the
birds of Mumbai are as human as the Mumbaikars
themselves.
BIRD IDOL is a stylish film that it talks about the
current times of cell phones and where reality shows are
the way of life. It’s not just the human beings who are
crazy about these things, but also the birds.
Hummy and his band
participate in a musical show 'Bird Idol' which is
designed on the lines of 'Indian Idol'. But the judges,
old-time establishment musicians, begin to lose sleep.
They are threatened with the introduction of human music
in the bird world. Their future now seems uncertain, to
they come up with a plan to sabotage Hummy and his music
before it's too late.
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The
film is principally, aimed at the kids, but this story
featuring birds, is very Bollywoodish. It has all the
ingredients of a masala hindi flick - lovers eloping,
parents seeing their kids winning a music-based show, a
male’s love story, and then there is the crooked villain
with loads of songs included in the process of story
telling.
Birds are shown living,
working, and even behaving just like human beings. They
do all things that a person does. They even go on date,
school etc. So there is also a special reality TV Show
also that is called Bird Idol. This reality TV show is
very popular amongst the birds.
The protagonist of this toon film is a bird called “Hummiy”.
There is a group of birds who are inspired by human
music.
As till now the birds still played bird music for
example a lot of chirps and tweets and the like. A group
of four friends (Hummi, Surili, Chidi and Tuktuk)
introduce a sound never heard before in the bird world -
human music. This innovation is a hit among the birds
and it catapults Hummi's group to stardom overnight.
The elder
birds also disapprove this drastic change in their customs
and cultures with exposure to new technology and
television shows. There is also objection by the elders to
‘inter species’ marriage amongst the bird community. Bird
Idol also takes a dig on politics that happens in front of
camera and behind it.
BIRD IDOL has
some engaging and impressive moments in its run time of
about 100 minutes. The animation quality, dubbing and
special effects are top notch. It is a fine film.
It is a well made film which is not properly marketed or
promoted.
- PAW
Credits & Crew:
Banner: Warner Bros, Goel Screencraft
Director: Jyotin Goel
Music Director - Siddharth Haldipur
Written by: Jyotin Goel, Dev Goel
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