Delhi Safari - Reviews

Delhi Safari (Movie Review)

Critics Rating - * * * & half

Director – Nikhil Advani.
Voice Artist – Boman Irani, Akshaye Khanna, Govinda, Urmila Matondkar, Suniel Shetty and Deepak Dobriyal

What it is – If you think the movie is only meant for children, no you are wrong in-fact every Hunter, Minister, Builder and Social Activist should first go and watch the movie. The film teaches you that don't just shout and do the campaign for Save Animals and forest, if you are really concern change your attitude towards animals. Stop troubling Animals and their territory by every mean possible. It is about Save Animal Save Forest and So Save the Humanity. The Director Nikhil Advani has given his best shot to make the child film a worth watch for every age group.

Story – The film is a story of 5 Animals (1 Bear, 1 tigress and her son, 1 monkey & 1 parrot) who decides to fight for their rights. They wanted no disturbance and trouble from human society, no hunting, no tree cutting and destroying forest where they lives happily. So to convey their voice to humans, the 4 Animals takes the support of Alex (Parrot). Alex tells them that our country has a Parliament in Delhi where Ministers solves everyone's problem. Therefore they decide to go to parliament and approach Ministers to solve their problem. Rest of the story is how theses Animal manage to reach to Minister and convey their problem.

Final Verdict – The best part of the film is the dialogues and the characters. The fights and friendship of Parrot & Monkey makes many laughter moments in the film while innocence of Tigress and her son makes you think why no one should ever trouble the a Animals. The screenplay is very strong that the Director has developed the story vey interestingly.

Watch it or not – Yes, you should ! At least those who keep pets and love animals. It's not just meant for children in-fact, for all the age group. There is no reason you can miss the movie, so just go and watch in theater because it's 3D and full entertaining.

Nikhil Advani, the director of Delhi Safari claims that it's a film made for children and it intends to educate them about the plight of animals because of us humans. But honestly, it's a must watch for adults too. It's preachy in a creative way and the decent animation is sure to keep the grown-ups hooked on to the screens.

The only hitch is the songs – a major put-off. When the story is riveting and the characters are super interesting, we don't see the point of having intermittent tracks in between, it somehow ruins the flow and the fun of watching a movie that has all the potential of being a feel-good flick.

So this tale is about a leopard family that is happy in their own wild world. It's one of those families that live together and hunt together, and the lush green National Park is their comfortable abode. But the cruelty of human beings and their materialistic intentions ruin the life of these wild inhabitants. A bullet goes straight through Sultan's (the father leopard and the head of the jungle) torso, leaving his wife and cub devastated. And that's how a revolution begins, with the cub (Yuvi) motivating the other cynical members of the jungle to prevent their natural home from getting razed to the ground.

How an enthusiastic bear, a street-smart cub, an elegant queen leopard and a sly monkey head to Delhi along with their interpreter Alex (the parrot) to make humans realise their wrongdoings, is what the story is all about. The adventurous trip-for-a-cause taken by these determined animals and the kind of challenges they face on their way makes the film an interesting watch – sans the songs of course, as we said before.

The celebs seem to have gone completely ballistic while lending their voice to these well-etched out creatures. While Urmila fits perfectly into the shoes of the elegant wild cat, Akshaye Khanna surprises us with his humorous and hoarse parrot pitch. Govinda's Bhojpuri language gives us the giggles and Boman Irani – the bear – struts around in his stylish fedora, lending a very sophisticated feel to the hairy creature's voice.

All-in-all, Delhi Safari is a fun flick and the animation is sure to not make you pucker up your noses. With a riotous expedition and a fun story to boot, the movie is an interesting watch for children and adults alike.

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Rohit Khilnani feels Delhi [ Images ] Safari [ Images ] is a must-watch.

Though many Indian studios have tried their hands at animation in the past, Delhi Safari reaches the closest to a good quality 3D animation entertainer.

Kids, who enjoyed the Madagascar series and even Jungle Book, will enjoy Delhi Safari because there are a lot of things in the film they can relate to, like the popular Sanjay Gandhi [Images ] National Park in Mumbai [ Images ], names of other Indian cities, Hindi movie dialogues and even the mention of the popular Indian news channels every now and then.

Delhi Safari, directed by Nikhil Advani [ Images ] is a joy ride that will take you on a fantasy trail from Mumbai to Delhi. It also sends an important message of protecting animals, a message many NGOs and government agencies are finding hard to spread. And this is where the medium of cinema does the job best.

The story that starts at Mumbai's National Park where a builder encroaches in the forest to construct a housing complex, promising homes close to nature. The close proximity to nature obviously comes at the cost of cutting trees and even killing animals.

Thus starts the journey of a leopard, her cub, a monkey, a bear and a parrot for justice. They decide to take on the builder by going to New Delhi and protest in front of the parliament in the presence of the media.

Despite the predictable song-and-dance and even the story, Delhi Safari works as the train journey from Mumbai to New Delhi has a few of stops and fun moments that fit well into the plot.

Funny as it may sound, Govinda's [ Images ] voice for Bajrangi the Monkey is just perfect. The actor, known for his comic timing makes you laugh even with his voice.

Boman Irani [ Images ] as Bagga the Bear also works well as you can make out that the actor has put in effort to perfect the many moods of the bear.

Suniel Shetty [ Images ] and Urmila Matondkar [ Images ] as male and female leopards and Akshay Khanna as the talking parrot are not bad either.

Although the songs in the film do pop up more often than needed, the film, overall, signifies the progress Indian films have made in the animation genre.

The animation team at Krayon Pictures and the writers Nikhil Advani, Suresh Nair and Girish Dhamija deserve a pat on their backs for the sincere attempt they put in making Delhi Safari a fun film.

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