'Fukrey' animated show to premiere on Discovery Kids

Discovery Kids has tied up with Excel Entertainment to bring back popular characters of Bollywood film 'Furkey' in animated form. Titled 'Fukrey Boyzzz', show will revolve around animated avatars of beloved characters of Hunny, Choocha, Laali and Bholi Punjaban along with all or characters in movie.

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'Fukrey Boyzzz' will be launched in 6 langus, English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada only on Discovery Kids Channel.

"For first time ever, Excel Entertainment will be extending itself to developing content for kids with 'Fukrey Boyzzz'. This is a huge step forward for us and brings with it, its own sense of accomplishment," Ritesh Sidhwani, Co-Founder, Excel Entertainment, said.

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Uttam Pal Singh, Business Head of Discovery Kids, hoped that 'Fukrey Boyzzz' will be ir next big disrupter in genre.

" Indian animation industry has done extremely well over last year and has delivered great IPs however almost all of m are targeted at children ranging from 4-8 years," Singh said.

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"It has potential to expand our audience base beyond kids with parents watching show along with m and sharing a great laugh toger. We will work with Excel entertainment to skin full potential of this IP in most impactful manner," he added.

'Fukrey Boyzzz' will start on channel from October 12.

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