Olympic-winning
boxer
Mary
Kom
will
be
seen
in
an
animated
avatar
on
India's
first
girl
superhero
series,
titled
'Mary
Kom
Jr'.
The
32-year-old
boxer,
who
has
signed
up
a
licensing
deal
with
production
company
ScreenYug
Creations
Pvt
Ltd
for
the
series,
feels
it
would
be
an
interesting
way
to
motivate
the
girl
child.
"I
think
it
is
time
to
take
more
responsibility
for
the
girl
child.
I
want
girls
to
be
confident,
strong," she
said.
The
animation
series
will
bring
in
a
flavour
of
self-defence,
which
is
very
relevant
in
today's
times,
according
to
her.
"Parents
are
usually
not
keen
on
fighting
games
for
their
girl
child
but
with
all
the
crime
going
around,
their
eyes
are
now
open
and
this
will
help,"
Kom
said.
ScreenYug
and
Aditya
Horizons
have
will
co-produce
the
TV
series.
"We
are
creating
India's
first
girl
superhero
animated
series,
which
will
be
based
on
India's
own
super
sport
star
Mary
Kom."
"While
we
have
a
Manipuri
tinge
by
capturing
the
fiction
life
of
a
young
Mary
Kom
while
in
school,
we
will
have
other
characters
with
a
more
neutral
tone
in
order
to
appeal
to
the
global
audience,"
producer
Ashish
S
Kulkarni
said.
Kulkarni
has
created
many
big-ticket
projects
like
'Little
Krishna',
'Shaktimaan',
'Krishna
Aur
Kans' and
'Big
Bees'
among
others.
This
licensing
agreement
will
entitle
Kom
to
get
royalties
from
the
global
sales
of
animation
series,
any
merchandise,
story
books,e-books,
games,
comics,
online
distribution
etc
in
the
future.