Lalu to feature in animation film

Patna, Jan 5 (PTI) After having dolls, firecrackers,
colours and even toffee named after him, Indian Railway
Minister Lalu Prasad will feature in an animation film by a
cartoonist from Bihar.

Pawan Kumar who has made sketches on child rights for
UNICEF and has published over 7,000 cartoons in almost all
national dailies, which were brought out from here, planned to
make 16 animated film clips of two minutes duration each.

The films would depict childhood and student days of
Prasad, his buffalo rides, skipping school, joining student
politics and the Jai Prakash movement, and his political rise
thereafter, Kumar told PTI here.

"I am confident that the character will surpass all
cartoon characters in the world," he claimed.

Pawan is being assisted by his childhood friend Shashi
who has given his voice for the animated Lalu. The background
score has been provided by Ratnesh and Gopala from the
Animation Academy at Hyderabad.

Gopala has resigned from the academy and is working
overtime with Pawan, Shashi and Ratnesh to complete the film.

If Pawan is to be believed, the animation film has
the consent of the railway minister. "When I showed him the
clips Laluji was very happy and asked me to complete the film
as fast as possible."

Pawan, however, said he needed financial help so that
he could use better technolgy and software for making the
animation film. PTI US
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