The Indian animation industry encompasses both traditional two-dimensional traditional and 3D animation, as well as visual effects for feature films.1956, Disney Studios animator Clair Weeks, who had worked on Bambi, was invited to Films Division of India in Mumbai to establish and train the country's first animation studio as part of the American technical co-operation mission. Animation seems to be the next big thing in Indian movies and Hollywood may have something to do with it. Movies like Shrek, Ice Age, Cars etc. have been smash hits across the globe and Bollywood obviously would not want to be left behind.

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3. The Indian animation industry encompasses both traditional two-
dimensional traditional and 3D animation,
as well as visual effects for feature films.1956, Disney Studios animator
Clair Weeks, who had worked on Bambi,
was invited to Films Division of India in Mumbai to establish and train the
country's first animation studio as part of the American technical co-
operation mission.
Animation seems to be the next big thing in Indian movies and Hollywood
may have something to do with it.
Movies like Shrek, Ice Age, Cars etc. have been smash hits across the globe
and Bollywood obviously would not want to be left behind.

4. • Mainly because of budget.
Bollywood animation movies
aren't on the same scale of
graphics as Hollywood animation
movies,
• So producers don't spend money on it because
they don't want lose money if the movie fails to
make the audience show up to watch it.
Animation is very popular in
hollywood, so producers spend a
lots of money to make the
graphics look as cool as possible
but it's not as popular in
Bollywood,
This list contains a collection of
animation movies in Bollywood.
Vote on your favorite movie and
also view the top animation
movies.

5. Delhi Safari
Delhi Safari is a 2012 Indian bilingual stereoscopic 3D
computer-animated comedy feature film directed by
Nikhil Advani.
• It has been produced by Krayon Pictures (a Pune-
based 3D animation studio).
The film is based on a story and concept by Advani and features
the voices of Akshaye Khanna, Govinda, Sunil Shetty, Boman
Irani, and Urmila Matondkar.
•The screenplay of the film is written by Girish Dhamija and
Suresh Nair. The film traces the journey of five animals and
birds from Mumbai to Delhi.
The music of the film is composed by
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, while the lyrics are
penned by Sameer. It is India's first
stereoscopic 3D animation feature film.

6. JUMBO
Jumbo is a 2008 Bollywood
animation film directed by
Kompin Kemgumnird, produced
by Percept Picture Company and
features the voices of Akshay
Kumar, Lara Dutta, Dimple
Kapadia, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani,
Gulshan Grover, and Yuvraj Singh.
It has Yashveer Bains as lead
role of Jumbo. The film is an
official remake/redubbing of
the 2006 Thai film Khan
Kluay.
The film was dubbed and
released in Hindi and the
creative direction on the
Hindi film was by Mayur Puri.
Jumbo released worldwide
on Christmas Day 2008, but
was met with poor critical
reviews and turned out to be
one of the biggest box office
disasters of the year.
In 2011 A direct to DVD
sequel titled Jumbo 2: The
Return of the Big Elephant
was released.

7. Ramayana: The Epic
It is a 2010 computer-animated film from India's Maya Digital
Media.Directed by Chetan Desai and produced by Ketan
Mehta,it was released by Warner Bros. India on 15 October
2010.
The film is a retelling of the story of Lord Rama, from
his birth until his battle with Ravan at Sri Lanka
Ramayana is the directorial debut of Chetan
Desai,the chairman and managing director of Maya
Digital Media.
More than 400 crewmembers worked on the film
over a five-year period; the first three years were
spent designing the characters, while the other two
were devoted to actual production.

8. Toonpur Ka Super Hero
(Translation: Toonpur's Super Hero) is a 2010 3D
animation film written by Raaghi Bhatnagar and
directed by Kireet Khurana.
The film features Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Sanjay Mishra,
Tanuja and Mukesh Tiwari in lead roles along with a
number of animated characters.
The film was remade in English in early 2011.
Even though the film was India's first live action - 3D
animation combination feature film, it failed to do
well at the box office.
It was disliked by many critics, who pointed out
some of the spoilers of the film, such as it being a
remake of the 1996 family film, Space Jam, which
starred Michael Jordan.

9. Hanuma
n
(Hindi: हनुमान) is a 2005 animated feature
film directed by VG Samant and produced by
Percept Pictures and Silvertoons.
The animated film dramatizes the life of
its title character,
The animation was created by Kakarakaya
Pulsu. It is India's first major commercial
family animated feature (there were several
earlier ones made by Pentamedia Graphics).
Its box office was Rs. 8.18 crores and was
declared a hit.

10. Mahabharat
is a 2013 Indian
computer animated
historical drama film,
directed by
• Amaan Khan and
based on the Hindu
epic
The film was a Christmas
release on 27 December
2013.Several actors like
Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay
Devgn, Vidya Balan,
Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor,
have been signed up for
the characters in the
film.
Mahabharat is
touted as most
expensive
animated film
in Bollywood.