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Cast: Voice of Anjan
Srivastava, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mahesh Manjrekar
Direction: R.D. Malik
It’s a great time for some Indians film makers now on a
making spree of animation movies. We had Hanuman, Return
of Hanuman, Bal Ganesh and then My friend Ganesha 2
which were superior as per Indian standards from the
point of view of their technical advancement.
Cheenti Cheenti Bang Bang is the latest Indian 2
dimensional animation film with some great voice-overs.
Anjan Srivastava and Mahesh Manjrekar create enticing
characters in the form of the two rival ant kings, and
there is Ashish Vidyarthi’s voice which is absolutely
engaging as Ghunn, the evil termite who creates mayhem
with the two kingdoms for his personal gain.
The 80 minutes long film directed by RD Mallik with
Shantanu Pal as animation director works on the premise
that 'war never pays'. It puts forth the point that
unity and peace are the driving factors for a nation's
health.
The supporters of the Kaala
Raja are Mighty Girgit...and the Frog...But some have
vested interests. The Laal Raja also has his supporters,
including the magical Beyallis Karma.
There is
a mediator Ghunn (the termite) who double-crosses the
kingdoms of both the ants groups for his personal gains.
It takes the wisdom of a wise old spider to make the
warring ants to realize their mistake and drive out the
scheming third party that wants to make merry at their
expense.
Credits & Crew
Direction - R.D. Malik
Animation Director - Shantanu Pal
Music composed by Jeet
Songs written by Nida Fazli
Singers:
Shaan
Shreya Ghoshal
Kunal Ganjawala
Sudesh Bhosle
Ustad Rashid Khan
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The story revolves around
two kingdoms of ants the Red ants and the Black ones who
are rivals with each other. The film is not a battle
story altogether and we have a romantic twist too, as
the Prince and Princess of warring Kingdoms fall in love
(remember Subhash Ghai’s Saudagar?).
A major showdown erupts when Laal Budda (old ant) is
accused of harassing Kalibua, a hand maiden of Kaali
Rani. She complains to Kaali Rani, who insists that
Kaala Raja behead Laal Budda! Angered by the audacity of
the Kaala Raja, Laal Raja wages an attack on his
kingdom. To make things worse, Lohit the Laal Prince
falls in love with Krishna the Kaala Princess and elopes
with her.
The most
exemplifying factor would be so-called chameleon in its
original colors and a frog that never stops croaking. It
is commendable that this non-mythological animation film
from India is made using cell-animation (manual) using
hand drawn pictures (more than 9 lakh drawings used in the
film) which ensure international quality standards.
Some good music has been composed by Jeet and songs
written by Nida Fazli are just okay. Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal,
Kunal Ganjawala, Sudesh Bhosle and Ustad Rashid Khan
render voice in the songs. On the voices rendered, it is
Arsani who steals the show.
The film has good entertainment for kids.
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Aniz Filmvala
Cast:
Voice of
Anjan Srivastava
Ashish Vidyarthi
Mahesh Manjrekar
Asrani
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