Akshay Kumar's first and only animated film 'Jumbo'; read fun trivia

Jumbo, released in 2008, was an animated film directed by Kompin Kemgumnird. film features voice of Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Dimple Kapadia, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Gulshan Grover and Yuvraj Singh. While Akshay Kumar voiced Jumbo’s character, Lara Dutta voiced character of Sonia, a cute pink baby elephant. Rajpal Yadav voiced character of Dildar Yadav. Dimple Kapadia voiced character of Devi, Jumbo’s mor. Amar Babaria lent his voice to character Rajkumar Vikramaditya. film followed story of an elephant who is in search of his far and in process, goes on to become a war elephant. Read some interesting trivia of film below:

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Interesting trivia of Akshay Kumar’s film Jumbo

• Jumbo was Akshay Kumar’s first animated project.
• Akshay Kumar charged nearly ₹9 crores for dubbing and two promotional songs, highest someone has charged for an animated film.
• Jumbo is an official remake of a Thai film Khan Klauy.

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• voice of Jumbo’s mor Devi was given by Dimple Kapadia. Dimple Kapadia is Akshay Kumar’s mor-in-law in real life.
• After Jumbo’s trailer released, people thought it would be a hit film, but Jumbo failed at box office. sequel film Jumbo 2: Return of Big Elephant which released in 2011 also received negative reviews.
• Thai version of Jumbo became highest-grossing film of 2006 but failed to impress audience at Indian box office.
• Jumbo was only animated film, Akshay Kumar lent his voice for. This is also only animated film he has ever worked for.

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• sequel film of Jumbo, Jumbo 2: Return of Big Elephant released in 2011 and was a box office fail too. It also received negative reviews from critics.
• Akshay Kumar sang song "Everything’s gonna be all right" in film Jumbo.
• Akshay Kumar was paid full amount for Jumbo, during signing itself.
• Jumbo shares some similarities with  Lion King. 
• animation of film was also called out and compared to or films like Lion King, Finding Nemo, Shrek and Madagascar.

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