Percept's 'Jumbo' is another movie in the animation series of films. 'Hanuman' was the one that began the animation movies chapter in Bollywood and also became popular. Since then more and more such movies are hitting the screens. 'Jumbo' hit the market on Merry Christmas luckily, but in fierce competition with much-hyped and long-awaited Aamir starrer 'Ghajini'. Though the two movies belong to the two different genres, yet both are hitting the box office. While critically examining 'Jumbo' we may not find it as popular as 'Hanuman' but it has definitely made a niche for itself in this category. However, the major credit goes to Akshay Kumar's complete involvement in the venture. In any case, 'Jumbo' has proved much better than the movies that have fallen in this category in the past.
The story is based on Ariya Jintapanichkarn's story titled Praya Prah Hongsawadee. This is a tale about the adventures of Jaiveer aka Jumbo. The latter is a baby elephant who decides to go in search of his father named Yudhveer, who is missing. Since the story is interesting, the viewers has a very wide range. Even the grown up are seen among audiences. According to the story, no sooner Jumbo appears on the scene, he comes across three species -- an elephant trainer, a hyperactive messenger bird and a female elephant. Jumbo turns a war elephant to defend his kingdom from the evil ones.
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Thus, the movie is full of action and thrill. Since he meets with the female elephant the movie has romance. Thus, Jumbo has all the traits of a Bollywood movie like romance, action, thrill, emotions etc. The movies voiceovers are extraordinary, as the galaxy of stars have lent their voice. The salient features of 'Jumbo' include a song choreographed by Ahmed Khan and also Akshay Kumar's scenes that fascinate all, irrespective of age and sex. As said above, the voiceovers are by no less than Akshay, Dimple Kapadia, Rajpal Yadav and Gulshan Grover. They have indeed lent full support to the movie by making the characters live.
