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Creating magic with
3D
I T’s going to be a magical summer vacation for youngsters as Navodaya Films’ 3D movie, Chota Jadugar, prepares for its release. When Navodaya Films made Chota Chetan (My Dear Kuttichattan in Malayalam and Tamil) in 1984, Indian film goers got a hang of a 3D film for the first time ever.Now, almost after two decades, Navodaya is back with a hi-tech children fare, Chota Jadugar, which also happens to be India’s second 3D film. The film is targeted at children and family audiences. This one-hour-and-40-minutes long film has an eight year-old boy Indrajith (Master Suraj Balajee of Asoka fame) playing the title role. A prankster, Indrajith, learns the art of Tantrik magic from his grandfather Acharya (Played by noted playback singer S.P. Balasubramanium), much against his father Krishna’s will. Krishna takes Indrajith to New York in the hope that he
will forget magic and concentrate on his studies. But, the young boy,
who is keen on returning to India, runs away from his home and hits the
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Three dogs from Hollywood-Barkley (which featured in Oscar-winning film American Beauty), Barnum and Marcello-play important parts in the film. Besides these three, 38 dogs from New York too participated in shooting. The sight of the dogs and the colourfully dressed Indian cast on the streets of Manhattan, where 90 per cent of the film was completed, created a lot of curiosity. The film was shot in the concrete jungles of Midtown and Lower Manhattan as well as against the colourful backdrop of Central Park. For the Indian audiences, which have been feeding on children's films from the West like Harry Potter, Chota Jadugar promises to be an indigenous visual treat. LMN |
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