REVIEW: Bird Idol

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Indian animators have been doing back-end work for foreign animation films, but Indian animation films have, by and large, confined themselves to mythological stories.
 
Jyotin Goel’s woefully under-promoted Bird Idol tries its hand at a new theme, which is a relief, though it will be a while before locally-made films can even compete on the same platform as those splashy Hollywood animation masterpieces.

 Bird Idol is pure Bollywood—in a forest abode, two birds of different species are forbidden from falling in love, but two of them, with the help a Gujarati-accented hummingbird, escape to the city. Their mixed-breed son Hummi, would be Shahid Kapoor if he were human and his loyal lady love, probably Amrita Rao.  Their look and mannerisms are carefully done.
 
Hummi is enamoured of human music and forms his own band to participate in a show called Bird Idol. The problem is that if he showed the crest in his head on TV, Dhamki, the vulture kingpin of the forest kingdom would send his killers after Hummi’s parents.
 
His music becomes popular, much to the annoyance of the show’s judges, one of whom, an Owl, bears a striking resemblance to a certain over-bejewelled music director with a Bengali accent.
 
The film is cute, cheeky and fun in most part.  The plot could have been less clichéd—it might put off the target audience of vacationing kids—but the film does spring a pleasant surprise.

Just one thing, in Hollywood, major stars lend their voices to animation films, you don't even know who dubbed the birds in this one... give credit where it's due, guys!

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Thank you for reviewing. I have never seen this movie. But you have kept cleared picture of this movie. the movie is looking quite interesting. I hope I will watch it very soon.