MUMBAI: Actor Hrithik Roshan, who will next be seen in the third installment of his superhero franchise Krrish, unveiled an animated version of the movie called Kid Krrish on Tuesday. The actor said that Kid Krrish was better than the movie itself. “The only difference between the two is Kid Krrish is better than Krrish,” Hrithik told reporters at the unveiling.
“Kid Krrish can jump and do everything without any help. The similarity, I feel, is that we have the child alive inside us,” said the actor, adding that his two sons, Hrehaan and Hridhaan, have already seen Kid Krrish. “Both my kids have seen the first movie of Kid Krrish and they have fallen in love with it. So it’s already successful.”
Film-maker Rakesh Roshan’s Filmkraft Productions partnered with Turner International India and Toonz Animation, headquartered in Kerala, to create four animated movies based on the hit superhero movie Krrish. The partnership was announced earlier this year. Cartoon Network was launched in 1995 in India and reaches more than 33 million viewers.
Rakesh Roshan said that for the first time a Bollywood character has got an animated version.
“The character of Krrish has been idolized by every child in India and has become an iconic superhero. We believe that Kid Krrish will be the new superhero for a whole new generation of children and a benchmark in animated series of live action films,” he said.
Kid Krrish will be premiered on Cartoon Network on October 2 at 12 noon. The other parts to the movie will be aired over the remaining year.
Currently the Roshans are gearing for the release of Krrish 3 on November 4.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2013.
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