Nikhil Advani, Girish Dhamija, Suresh Nair and Milap Zaveri. Rest Akshay Khanna, Boman Irani, Urmila Matondkar and Saurav Shukla are also fine but Govinda is outstanding. Most of the voice dubbing is done by known bollywood actors but Govinda's voice is superb. Especially the bee animation is mind blowing. Camera angle used in story telling keeps the pace of film on very good note. Making an animation and meaningful film is complete risk in Bollywood but he took the challenge and proved himself right. Nikhil Advani, who choose a tough path of making a meaningful film rather than following the common path of making a commercial cinema. Language: Mediocre | Sex & Nudity: No | Violence: Critical | Gore: No | Smoking, Alcohol or Drugs: No Both for adults (the message) & kids (animation). A complete entertainment package, this! BOTTOM LINE: A wonderful must-watch in the wake of boring mainstream Bollywood movies. I was little disappointed with the editing but the soundtrack made my day. The voices provided by our Bollywood celebrities are very good, the dialogs make you laugh and the direction is also good. Yes, like I said it IS little unrealistic, but who cares when it gives a valid message. An eye-opener for some, Delhi Safari is truly remarkable in its style, narration and innovation. It talks about the plight of animals and why animals are going extinct. It is so in parallel with the need of the hour in India & the whole world. The grievance is that they are being murdered, chased away from their natural habitats. The story is simple, yet unrealistic, about a group of animals who set out to the Parliament to speak out their grievances.
While watching India's first stereoscopic 3D movie with such a beautiful message, I was entertained, mesmerized & marveled at the creation. And take your cubs along.I was taken aback. While the cartoon creatures will appeal to kids, there’s more for adults here. Alex and Bajrangi with their histrionics and rip-‘roaring’ banter are the stars of this show. The 3D effects are striking in parts and amongst the best we’ve seen in India, but few scenes are déjà vu ‘Lion King’. The problem is, he doesn’t cut to the chase, and it turns out to be more like a long safar than a safari. His creatures entertain and tell the story in true Bollywood style (too many songs and too much drama ‘foxes’ the plot). With satire, spoof, humour and wit, director, Nikhil Advani has highlighted the ongoing aadmi v/s animal battle, the desperate need for preservation of wildlife and the downside of deforestation. They give live bytes to the media and make headlines (thankfully, they aren’t tweeting yet). And guess what, these worldly-wise animals talk about casting couches, and saas-bahu tele-shows too (more power to Ekta Kapoor!) That’s not it. There are also creatures like a parinda with ‘Ghajini’-like tattoos under his wing, a bat (called Batman) who impersonates Dev saab, and an evil hyena called Kaalia (Prem Chopra) who sings Tandoori Nights (die-hard Himesh Reshammiya fan). They do action scenes in slow-mo (inspired by ‘ Ek Tha Tiger’, maybe), sing romantic duets, dance garba, say dialogues like, “Mere paas maa hai”, and exchange jaadu ki jhappi ( Munnabhai chale jungle mein, haan?). What’s entertaining is that this animal kingdom is a product of Bollywood (they should’ve moved to Film City studios, instead). But Yuvi isn’t ready to give up his homeland yet he convinces his fellow janwars for jung, and they head to Delhi to protest at the Parliament. Suddenly there’s crisis in their ‘wild-life’, as men from civilized society bull-doze into their forest area in Mumbai, only to build towers and more towers. Bagga the bear (Boman Irani), Bajrangi (Govinda) the head of the vanar-sena, with a gamcha around his head (take a bow Anurag Kashyap), and Alex (Akshaye Khanna) the popat, who’s the only one who speaks human language. Introducing Yuvraj (no, not Salman Khan) - lovingly called Yuvi – the cub leopard (Swini Khara) and Begum, his Mom (Urmila Matondkar). What in the world are they doing in the land of tamed creatures (read: Man)? We’ll tell you. Let’s welcome the new denizens of the (concrete) jungle. Look around the city you can probably spot a lonely leopard at a ‘zebra-crossing’, a bear working his fat-ass off in your gym or a bandar - ek Virar-fast-local-train-ke-andar. Movie Review: Welcome to Animal Planet! Not the one of guts and gore of Tellyland’s jaws, paws and claws but our own animated jungle mein mangal. Story:Five awesome-pawsome animals are enroute Delhi to fight for their rights, and bring justice to the jungle.