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Kireet Khurana’s Ajay Devgn and Kajol starrer Toonpur Ka Superrhero is touted to be India’s first live action animation film — where living characters merge with the cartoons.

Produced by Krishika Lulla and Kumar Mangat, Toonpur Ka Superrhero is a story of a reel life superstar accidentally landing in the world of cartoons. Toonpur is a land of toons — Toonasurs (bad toons) and Devtoons (good toons). The characters in Toonpur come from various cultural backgrounds of India. There is a Sardar, Bengali, Gujarati, Marwadi, Maharashtrian, Bihari, Tamilian, Christian and lot more characters from our culturally rich country.

For the voice dubbing of these various cartoon characters, artistes from across the nation were auditioned. More than 2000 voice artistes were tried to get the right accent for the characters.

Well must say the makers of Toonpur have left no stone unturned to give his film a perfect touch!

The film is being released on December 24. — MF

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