Producer
Kumar
Mangat's
latest
venture
Toonpur
Ka
Superhero,
directed
by
Kireet
Khurana
and
India's
First
3D
and
Live
Action
animation
film,
was
magnanimously
launched
through
its
Mahurat
at
Yash
Raj
Studios,
Mumbai
recently.
Special
Guest
Karan
Johar
graciously
gave
the
Mahurat
clap
and
charmed
one
and
all
with
his
presence.
Also
present
were
the
entire
star
cast
and
crew
of
the
film:
Producer
Kumar
Mangat,
Director
Kireet
Khurana,
Lead
actors
Ajay
Devgan
and
Kajol,
and
music
director
of
the
film
Anu
Malik.
Also
as
guests
present
were
Kajol's
sister
Tanishaa,
Actor
Dayashankar
Pandey
Sunil
Lulla
and
Krishika
Lulla
Presented
by
Eros
International
and
starring
Ajay
Devgan
and
Kajol
as
the
lead
pair,
Toonpur
Ka
Superhero
is
a
Bollywood
film
with
around
60-70%
live
action
animation
sequences,
directed
by
award-winning
film
maker
Kireet
Khurana.
With
a
history
of
making
ad
films
and
short
animation
films
in
Canada
and
India,
this
is
Kireet
Khurana's
first
full-fledged
Bollywood
venture.
Said
Director
Kireet,
'Toonpur
Ka
Superhero
is
a
cute
and
endearing
animation
film
with
Ajay
Devgan
and
Kajol
caught
up
in
the
war
of
the
toons!
A
loving
father
and
family
man
who
is
a
reel
life
hero
and
who
accidentally
lands
in
the
world
of
cartoons
and
becomes
a
real
life
hero!'
More
than
120
animators
and
artists
are
toiling
hard
to
execute
this
ambitious
40cr.
venture,
the
largest
of
its
kind
in
India.
The
animation
pre-production,
creating
more
than
50
animated
3D
characters,
backdrops,
props
and
layouts
is
ready.
The
film
goes
on
the
floor
for
the
live-action
component,
an
integral
part
of
the
film
and
story
telling.
With
music
given
by
Anu
Malik
and
lyricist
Munna's
nonsense
poetry
apt
for
this
unique
format,
it
seems
like
Toonpur
Ka
Superhero
is
one
exciting
film
to
watch
out
for!
This
film
has
been
written
by
Raagi
Bhatnagar
with
dialogues
by
Mubeen
Farooqi.
Veteran
cinematographer
Nirmal
Jani
is
the
man
Story first published: Friday, February 1, 2008, 20:28 [IST]