Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Friday,
August
11,
2006
After
the
success
of
Phir
Hera
Pheri,
producer
Firoz
Nadiadwala
has
taken
a
big
leap.
His
latest
venture
is
the
production
of
animated
films
based
on
the
two
great
Indian
epics
Ramayana
and
Mahabharata.
Nadiadwala
informs
that
these
will
be
India's
first
3D
animated
films.
Interestingly,
he
has
roped
in
the
team
which
was
responsible
for
creating
outstanding
animation
and
building
strong
story
board
of
the
famous
Hollywood
movie
Madagascar,
to
work
on
these
films.
Also,
talks
are
on
to
get
J.Williams
to
do
the
background
score
for
these
films.
Says
Nadiadwala,
"We
are
looking
forward
to
completing
these
films
in
the
next
17-18
months
and
if
everything
goes
well,
the
films
shall
be
released
in
2008."
Another
factor
that
makes
these
projects
a
gigantic
affair
is
that
Firoz
Nadiadwala
is
planning
to
give
these
films
a
worldwide
release.
"These
two
films
will
be
dubbed
in
all
major
foreign
languages
and
released
internationally.
Also,
in
India,
these
films
will
be
dubbed
in
the
regional
languages
and
the
voices
to
the
characters
will
be
given
by
the
famous
filmstars
of
that
particular
region." says
Nadiadwala.
He
adds
that
his
team
is
very
excited
about
these
projects
and
they
are
in
fact
looking
forward
to
see
these
films
go
to
the
Oscars
as
India's
official
entry.
Apart
from
Ramayana
and
Mahabharata,
Nadiadwala's
team
is
also
working
on
creating
the
animated
version
of
Hera
Pheri
and
Phir
Hera
Pheri.
The
three
characters,
Raju,
Shyam
and
Baburao
who
made
the
audiences
laugh
their
heart
out
will
now
make
a
comeback
in
an
animated
form.
This
will
be
another
interesting
experiment
to
be
done
for
the
first
time
in
Bollywood.
Now,
with
so
much
of
animation
work
happening
at
the
Nadiadwala's
production
house,
it
looks
like
there
is
an
Indian
Walt
Disney
in
the
making.