Film: Jumbo

Voices: Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Gulshan Grover, Dimple Kapadia, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani

Rating: 2.5/5

Banner: Percept Picture Company

Genre: Animation

Animation in India is exploring new grounds each passing day. While a Roadside Romeo displayed quality work from Indian animators, Jumbo explores the weaving of emotions into such films. The film undoubtedly strikes the right emotional chords and discovers emotions. It's cute, kiddy and packed with sentiments. The problem with this film is that it defies everything that you are used to seeing and at times is a bit hard to digest.

Jumbo is the tale of elephants and particularly one elephant and his strife to find his father. A jovial baby jumbo is shown growing up sans his captured father. Stories about his warrior elephant father are all he has to remember him by. But out to set that straight and find his father, Jumbo (Akshay Kumar) enters human territory. Interacting with all kinds of humans, Jumbo learns to distinguish between good and evil. Through the years, the kid grows up to be a strong and mighty elephant. With two kingdoms warring, Jumbo sets out to be the king's personal elephant. In the process of learning that his father was killed by Bhaktavar (Gulshan Grover), the rival kingdoms war elephant, Jumbo now wants to seek revenge to avenge his father's death. What ensues is the reclamation of revenge, a lady love, a kingdom and the understanding of good and evil.

In all fairness Jumbo is a film that you should take your kids to. Simply because it is backed by a great moral and has sentiments that children will understand. For everyone else this is a tad bit a bland fare. It's predictable and that is one aspect that hampers the film throughout. With a song like everything is gonna be alright, you pretty much know they aren't lying. So then where is the reason to watch a film that is unbelievably predictable? Additionally the film is Indianised but the moment...