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Delhi Safari

2012, Kids & family/Comedy, 1h 36m

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With their homes on the verge of destruction, jungle animals (Govinda, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna) travel to Delhi to ask humans a very important question.

Genre: Kids & family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation

Original Language: Hindi

Director: Nikhil Advani

Producer: Anupama Patil , Kishor Patil , Nitish Takia

Writer: Nikhil Advani , Girish Dhamija , Suresh Nair

Release Date (Streaming): May 15, 2015

Runtime: 1h 36m

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Bajrangi Voice

Sunil Shetty

Sultan Voice

Akshaye Khanna

Urmila Matondkar

Begum Voice

Boman Irani

Bagga Voice

Prem Chopra

Kaalia Voice

Swini Khara

Yuvraj Voice

Deepak Dobriyal

Hawa Hawai Voice

Sanjay Mishra

Marela Voice

Saurabh Shukla

Bharela Voice

Nikhil Advani

Screenwriter

Girish Dhamija

Suresh Nair

Anupama Patil

Kishor Patil

Nitish Takia

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The worst thing about the animated film “Delhi Safari” isn’t that it’s awful. It’s that it shamelessly rips off much better animated movies. What kind of lesson is that for our young people?

The film, made in India but overdubbed in English for the American release, follows a group of animals whose forest home is being threatened by callous developers. The beasts decide to hike to New Delhi to try to get their grievances heard.

That they spend most of this journey engaging in dreary infighting and occasionally singing equally dreary songs would make the film unappetizing even if it didn’t so brazenly borrow from “The Lion King,” “The Jungle Book” and others.

An adorable lion cub — oh, sorry; it’s a leopard — who communes with his dead father (who lost his life saving the cub) is at the center of the story. Sound familiar? So will the laid-back, wisdom-spouting bear, the malicious hyenas and the humans-are-evil plot. This film is supposed to represent a step forward for Indian animation. The trouble is, there’s not an original idea in it.

“Delhi Safari” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). It has menacing moments.

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Delhi safari.

2012 Directed by Nikkhil Advani

The movie centers on a group of animals in a national park in Bombay trying to figure out a way to stop humans from building an apartment complex on their land.

Suniel Shetty Govinda Akshaye Khanna Urmila Matondkar Boman Irani Swini Khara Saurabh Shukla Sanjay Mishra Deepak Dobriyal Prem Chopra Girish Dhamija Nitin Anand Akhil Mishra Yash Ratan Pal Maya Sarao

Director Director

Nikkhil Advani

Producers Producers

Anupama Patil Kishor Patil

Writers Writers

Nikkhil Advani Girish Dhamija Suresh Nair Milap Zaveri

Executive Producers Exec. Producers

Aditya Nath Jha Namrata Sharma Nishith Takia

Primary Language

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English Hindi

Releases by Date

19 oct 2012, 07 dec 2012, 04 jun 2015, releases by country.

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Review by zacsanders ½ 1

One of the worst cartoons I've ever seen. I'm grounding my child for even suggesting we watch this.

Review by Goofyahhfilms ½ 3

PETA approved...

Review by Travis Lytle ★★★

Gruff, derivative, and occasionally unpleasant, Nikhil Advani's "Delhi Safari" rides one catchy song and one plucky parrot to become an engaging, mildly enjoyable animated adventure. The animal-centric musical boasts questionable designs and cantankerous characters but is moderately charming enough to rise to the level of worthy, family-friendly oddity.

Lifting wholesale plot points from both "The Lion King" and "Madagascar," India's "Delhi Safari" revolves around a group of animals driven to protect their homes and, if needed, take on humankind. Journeying to the city led by a feline apparition, the beasts teach humans the importance of sharing the world. The themes are direct, and the story, when not plagiarizing story beats, has compelling moments.

As a production, the film has low…

Review by lune ★★★★★

this movie is perfect everybody just shut up

Review by animaldoctor ½ 2

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Alright, this is one of those movies I'm gonna have to figure out my rating for as I'm writing the review, so just bare with me here. I saw this movie eons ago when I was much younger and completely forgot about it until it just randomly popped in my memory again. I decided to check it out again today and oh, boy, does it NOT stand the test of time. I mean, I had forgotten most of the movie except for a character's death in the opening scene and a moment of revelation between all of the characters, but I put faith in the idea that maybe this movie wasn't THAT bad. Yeah, it's really not that great. Delhi…

Review by TheBlackSword ½

A very bad children's flick where a parrot attempts to film pornography (???) and a monkey keeps about thirty guns inside his skin. Yes, really. Delhi Safari is a 'film' that was made. The animation is atrocious the characters are banal and the plot almost exists. Watching this film is like watching paint dry except the paint is a monkey that is trying to shoot you. Do. Not. Watch. Delhi. Safari. Please.

Review by TheContrarian ½

So um... The monkey is trying to kill the parrot, right? Like, he's been hiding bombs and machine guns in his skin for this purpose. (They shake it out of his skin pockets, so we know what he was hiding.) And um, the parrot and monkey become friends after they... get drunk on coconut milk. That is highly unrealistic, everyone watching wanted to kill that stupid parrot, the monkey was my favorite character because he wanted to kill that parrot. But NO! This movie had to show kids that EVERYONE becomes friends after getting drunk. They had to throw in morals or whatever. 0/10 because the monkey forgot to follow through.

Review by অন্তহীন নামহীন ★½

Watching this as the eventual ecological collapse of earth happens and Govinda's character was onto something during the begining ya know

Review by Marsworm ½

Painfully boring to watch. Occasionally so-bad-it's-good (how did the monkey keep all those guns in his ... skin?) but mostly just bad.

Review by Stephenfisher2001 ½

I honestly thought this film was pretty boring when I first saw this sometime in the summer of 2013.

But wait a minute... at least two talented actors like Tara Strong and Christopher Lloyd are at least in it as English voice actors, but still doesn't save the film from being bad.

Review by Maaz Hamid ½

Other than a catchy soundtrack, everything else is horrible. The animation (as expected) is too low-budgeted, and the story is predictable and a disaster. I'm not sure what they were supposed to act as, but the characters are poorly developed, and act more human than what they represent. I'm an extreme animal lover, and enjoy movies with animals as titular characters, but here, I'm disappointed.

Review by Vishal Dubey ★★★★★ 1

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Bollywood’s gone Hollywood, 3D animation style, that is, with DELHI SAFARI. Talk about enjoyable!! Filled with family, friendship and fun, DELHI SAFARI is an adventure for children and adults of all ages!! A real delight! Animals beyond cute and, in some cases, impishly bad; an environmental message, Bollywood production numbers, superb 3D animation and characters and recognizable star-power voices (in the English version) all make DELHI SAFARI a perfect family film for the holidays and beyond.

In India, leopards rule the jungle. With wisdom and kindness, Sultan is loved by all, especially by his wife Begum and their young cub, Yuvi. Filled with the same energy of young children and cubs the world over, Yuvi is an adorable handful and of course, acts like he’s 2 going on 20. Anxious to be “just like Dad”, Yuvi is beyond excited when Sultan agrees to start teaching him about being a ruler. But that excitement quickly comes to and end when Sultan is brutally murdered by land developers plowing down the jungle in the animals’ Mumbai home.

With the animals in an uproar, they chant back “Live Among Nature”, but their cries fall on deaf ears as the only word the developers understand is “money.” A defiant and angry little cub, Yuvi wants to fight back – fight for the jungle and to avenge his father’s death. Like any mother, Begum wants none of that and is willing to quietly move elsewhere and live in sorrowful peace. But Yuvi will not be silenced and his jungle friends quickly hop on the bandwagon. Bajrangi the Monkey is ready to go to war against the humans while Bagga the Bear thinks talk and compromise in a more humane manner is the way to go if they only get to Parliament in Delhi and plead their case. Only problem is the animals can’t talk “human.” Ah…but there is one jungle friend who can – Alex the Parrot. Alex loves humans. He lives with some. His cage is made of gold and he’s treated like a king – he has snacks and loves to watch tv and movies and, thanks to all his hours of tv watching he has learned to conversationally speak with the humans. But there’s another problem. Alex hates animals and there’s no way he’ll go willing with Yuvi, Bagga and Bajrangi. To Bajrangi, the answer is simple. Kidnap Alex and bring him along anyway.

And so our little group sets out on their own DELHI SAFARI as they make the 700+ mile trek north from Mumbai, getting more than their share of adventures (and a beautiful travelogue of India) along the way. Facing robbers, trains, dancing flamingos, hungry hyenas and even death, nothing will stop Yuvi and his friends. But what will happen when they finally reach Delhi? Will they gain an audience with Parliament? Will the humans hear their cries?

Written by Suresh Nair and Girish Dhamija together with writer/director and Mumbai native and 3D champion, Nikhil Advani, DELHI SAFARI marks the first Indian animated 3D film. Clean, crisp, Crayola 64 animation sets the tone with bright – but not super saturated – color, immersing us in the animal world. Notable is that the use of 3D is never “gimmicky”. It has a very free-flowing organic naturalism to it and gives the film just that little something extra. When it comes to the animation and CGI textures, with DELHI SAFARI, backgrounds – while colorful and bright – are matte and immobile, with animation focusing on the characters and action in the foreground. A fallacy that we so often see with animated films, and yes, even with Disney/Pixar, is that there is often so much happening that you don’t know where to turn your eye. With DELHI SAFARI, we know the background is there, the screen is filled with color, but movement and dialogue is in the foreground, thus allowing one to actually pay attention to the story and dialogue. And what story and dialogue!!

21st century colloquialisms and pop culture reference infuse the dialogue with an organic free-flowing casual sensibility that will engage kids and adults alike. Sounding like kids on a playground, timing is perfect and verbiage is so spot on with the conversation and vernacular of kids today. Pranks and calling each other “stupid” -these are things that while many may say, “boo hiss” and that shouldn’t be in a film or tv show, I say embrace them as this is reality and not being done or said in a harmful manner – just like in DELHI SAFARI. Animals pick on each other, pull pranks, and when they cross the line, there is sage advice and lessons to be learned that kick into play. But what stands out is that kids and adults will immediately tap into the story because of this authentic dialogue exchange. The execution of anthropomorphism is brilliant!

The tongue-in-cheek humor for adults built into the dialogue and star power voicing is to-die-for. As Pigeon, Christopher Lloyd makes reference to a Klingon talking parrot (uh, in case you forgot, Lloyd played a Klingon in a Star Trek movie); Bajrangi the monkey adds a Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry and spaghetti western vocal quality which is complimented by animation scenes that parody that with guns and weapons; Bagga the Bear, voiced by Brad Garrett, harkens in look and voice to the beloved Baloo the Bear in Disney’s The Jungle Book or even Smokey the Bear with the little hat; Alex the Parrot with his multiplicity of languages and mimicry is a nod to C3P0 in Star Wars .

The pop culture touchstones within the film only make it that much more embraceable and effective. Yes, everyone can see many strong resemblances to The Lion King – but they are beloved moments from the film that resonate. The stampede in The Lion King is here in DELHI SAFARI a stampede of machinery chasing the animals through the gorge. Visions of Sultan that come to Yuvi mirror those of Mustafa and Simba. The Flamingo conga line has been used by Disney in several films, but never with Jane Lynch providing an over-the-top laugh-out-loud voicing. The evil hyenas bearing down on Yuvi may look strangely menacing and familiar, but it works and is appropriate to the story. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and, it serves to engage the audience.

Adventure abounds and keeps one engaged – often with mouth agape and eyes mesmerized – with everything from the beauty of the forest to attack of the bees (one of the coolest scenes in the film) to an Indiana Jones type race through a mine shaft. Gotta love little Yuvi’s “Oh look! A train!” when he sees the mining cart and tracks…. Too cute. The innocence that leads to adventure that leads to thinking and figuring out how to move ahead and get out of sticky situations is beyond welcoming. This is how kids think and view the world. I can so see my 8 and 10 year old nephews going, “Oh look! A train! Let’s get in!” and then taking off, jetting around but then having to figure out what to do next. DELHI SAFARI engages the audience both visually and intellectually.

The messaging of the film is clear but never over-bearing or preachy. This is a wonderful story about family and friendship, forgiveness (bad Monkey!!!), the coming together of people and animals that look different, talk different – we may look different, but inside we’re really the same – and with the environment and deforestation as the core, is fantastic. We’ve seen animated stories about the environment, but not the specific issue of deforestation. (I think one of the best films on that issue to date is Sean Connery’s Medicine Man ). Honing in on this specific issue allows for real perspective and for kids to grasp environmental concepts more clearly. Sometimes it’s a lot easier to identify with one aspect as opposed to the entire issue. If kids and adults can’t see from this film that the world really is intertwined and animals and people are dependent upon each other and face the same challenges in each world, then there is no hope for those folks. Particularly impressive is the voicing of Tara Strong and Tom Kenny who, as Yuvi and Alex, respectively, imbue a plucky spirit into each, embodying the concept that even the smallest creatures/kids can make a difference and create a big roar.

My one big concern, however, is the opening scene with little Yuvi and that big tear rolling down his cute little face as he tells us about losing his father and now losing his home. Such heartbreak is not really an ideal way to open an animated children’s film……It may upset some of the littlest moviegoers….it made me sad. BUT, having said that, thankfully the filmmakers do a quick but organic transition into an upbeat happy sequence with father and son leopard bonding and a song to soothe a mad mom. And let’s just say how great Vanessa Williams is with her voicing of Begum. Soothing, comforting. You can almost feel your own head in your mom’s lap with her stroking your hair.

And what would any film from India be without music In DELHI SAFARI we find a wonderful blend of African beats, Bollywood and pop – there is something for everyone. Very much appreciated is that the music never overpowers the story or the film. It compliments it and serves as part of the story.

Also concerning are the animal names. I know this is DELHI SAFARI and the film comes from India, but the names may not be memorable for the audience. However, while the names may not be memorable, the characters, the color, the story, the heart and the fun will be – for years to come. Sign me up for this safari!

Voice Cast: Vanessa Williams (Begum), Jane Lynch (Female Flamingo), Brad Garrett (Bagga the Bear), Christopher Lloyd (Pigeon), Tara Strong (Yuvi), Tom Kenny (Alex the Parrot), Cary Elwes (Sultan), Jason Alexander (Male Flamingo and Hyena Cook), Carlos Alazraqui (Bajrangi)

Directed by: Nikhil Advani

Written by: Nikhil Advani, Suresh Nair and Girish Dhamija

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Delhi Safari is a 2012 computer animated film directed by Nikhil Advani and produced by Krayon Pictures. Although the film's origin is India, the film was dubbed in English shortly after its release date and appeared in American theaters in early December of the same year.

Somewhere in the jungles of India, a leopard cub named Yuvi is busy bonding with his father when construction vehicles and workers roam into the area for deforestation. Although Yuvi manages to get away, the cub's father is killed, and he (as well as the other animals) come to the conclusion that they need to relocate before the humans kill anyone else. After much arguing, and realizing that the humans can easily kill them all if they go to war, the animals decide to talk to the humans in order to make them change their minds about destroying their home. With the help of an English-speaking parrot named Alex, Yuvi, his mother, and a ragtag group of other animals venture across India towards Delhi, in hopes that they can convince the humans to reconsider the deforestation.

While the film isn't very popular in America , Delhi Safari has much critical acclaim in India. The film won the National Film Award for Best Animated Film in 2012, as well as the award for Best Feature Film at FICCI FRAMES 2012.

• Bagga the bear wears a safari hat.
• Bajrangi wears a red bandana on his forehead and has a stud earring on his right ear.
• An owl can be scene in the jungle wearing eyeglasses.
• Pigeon wears a mailman hat.
• Raju the bat wears sunglasses.
• The bees wear tiny pilot helmets.
• Some of the flamingos wear turbans.
• Ass Shove : At one point, Bajrangi tries to wake up an old turtle by shoving his head into his shell. Unfortunately for him, the turtle’s head comes out at the opposite end.
• Beary Friendly : Bagga the bear qualifies. He acts as a guru for Bajrangi and believes that humans can be appealed to peacefully.
• Blood Knight : Bajrangi really wants to go to war with humans.
• Bloodless Carnage : Even though Sultan is shown getting shot by a human, there is absolutely no blood present when he falls and dies.
• Character Development : All five main characters manage to grow throughout the trip to Delhi in various different ways.
• Deadpan Snarker : Alex. He can barely go a few sentences without speaking sarcastically to Bajrangi.
• Death by Origin Story : Sultan. His death is largely what causes Yuvi and the other animals to seek help against the deforestation.
• Decoy Protagonist : There's a reason why Sultan isn't even on the cover poster for this movie...
• A Dog Named "Dog" : Pigeon is a pigeon.
• The hot-headed Bajrangi is first seen calling all the other animals cowards for wanting to leave their home after the humans kill Sultan, while he wants to resort to violence, as opposed to talking to them peacefully.
• Alex is first seen lip-syncing to a song on television while he dances around in an oversized, comfortable house to let the viewers know just how pampered humans have made him.
• Fat and Skinny : Marela and Bharela are Bajrangi’s lackeys. One is pudgy, the other is as skinny as a nail.
• Groin Attack : When Bajrangi visualizes what will happen if Bagga hears him kill Alex, he imagines a scenario where Bagga grabs him by the throat and uses his other paw to crush his nether regions.
• Hammerspace : Somehow, Bajrangi is capable of carrying well over two dozen weapons with him, despite being naked.
• Heinous Hyena : Kaalia and his pack act as minor antagonists on the journey to Delhi.
• Informed Species : Bagga is supposedly a sloth bear, but looks absolutely nothing like one, more like a brown bear.
• Irony : Although Bajrangi hates humans with a passion, he actually uses a lot of human weapons such as guns and knives. This may be his attempt at fighting fire with fire though.
• Jerkass : Bajrangi and Alex. They both get better .
• Mama Bear : Go on. Try to mess with Yuvi without Beggum tearing you to shreds afterwards.
• Misplaced Wildlife : A pack of spotted hyenas appear in the movie, even though they are only native to Africa, not India.
• Mood Whiplash : After Alex and Bajrangi spend some time bonding and drinking too much coconut milk , Bajrangi walks off to get some water and is terrified to see a bunch of tiger skeletons in the area with a very disturbed tiger sitting across from him.
• Nobody Poops : Averted when Bajrangi takes a pee break after the protagonists take a brief rest at night on their way to Delhi.
• Scary Stinging Swarm : Bajrangi accidentally breaks a hornet's nest with a large rock near the end of the film. Cue hundreds of hornets chasing after the protagonists...
• Shout-Out : Pigeon mentions that Alex can speak various languages, including Klingon .
• Tell Him I'm Not Speaking to Him : After the group learns Bajrangi intentionally try to have Alex get eaten by hyenas despite how important he is to their mission, Beggum tells Bagga to tell Bajrangi that he is no longer a part of their group.
• Those Two Guys : Bharela and Marela, the two primates who are never seen away from each other.
• Bajrangi. He started out as a hot-headed Jerkass who only listened to himself, but he finally understood that violence would solve nothing and that he needed to become nicer.
• Alex. Started off as a pompous, sarcastic bird who preferred his pampered life. Eventually realized that he needed to help the other animals and convince the humans that what they were doing was hurting the environment.
• Violence Really Is the Answer : Discussed shortly after Sultan dies, where Bajrangi seriously considers going to war with the humans. Ultimately subverted in the end, where the protagonists solve the crisis by merely talking to the humans, because they know that violence will only lead to an endless circle of more violence .
• Wasn't That Fun? : After jumping into the water to avoid the bees during the mine cart chase, Bagga jokingly suggests going on the cart ride again. Begum doesn’t think what he said was funny.
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Delhi safari, common sense media reviewers.

Uneven and unnecessarily intense talking-animal tale.

A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

Delhi Safari encourages wildlife preservation and

The leopard mom will do anything to save her cub,

The leopard father is killed by a construction cre

There's a brief scene of a human man bringing

Language includes "stupid," "coward

Some mentions of companies and news organizations

Jokes about how a coconut milk must've been ol

Parents need to know that Delhi Safari is an animated talking-animal adventure that includes a couple of frightening scenes and some innuendo. Most disturbing is an intense scene in which a father leopard is killed by a real estate development's construction crew; the scene is in slow motion and the…

Positive Messages

Delhi Safari encourages wildlife preservation and environmental awareness of animal habitats. Teamwork and friendship are also portrayed positively -- the group sticks together even through tough times.

Positive Role Models

The leopard mom will do anything to save her cub, and the bear is the voice of reason. The parrot and the monkey's truce and eventual friendship teaches that opposites can still become pals. The cub makes everyone think of more than themselves.

Violence & Scariness

The leopard father is killed by a construction crew (he's shot and falls to his death). The intense death happens in slow motion, with the mom and cub watching. The monkey is basically a warmonger for the majority of the movie and has a lot of weapons. He even wears a warrior-style headband and attempts to injure or kill Alex the parrot.

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Sex, Romance & Nudity

There's a brief scene of a human man bringing home his date in what appears to be a "casting couch" situation. The producer puts his hand on his date's legs and says he's considering making her part bigger. She's wearing a midriff-baring top and a miniskirt. But just as they're about to kiss, an animal obscures the PDA. Alex says a female bird is "hot."

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Language includes "stupid," "coward," and "dumb," as well as some fart jokes and an exclamation of "good God!"

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Products & Purchases

Some mentions of companies and news organizations found in Delhi, India.

Drinking, Drugs & Smoking

Jokes about how a coconut milk must've been old, because the monkey and parrot start slurring their words. Alex says he feels like his owner when he comes home late and starts tripping.

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Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Delhi Safari is an animated talking-animal adventure that includes a couple of frightening scenes and some innuendo. Most disturbing is an intense scene in which a father leopard is killed by a real estate development's construction crew; the scene is in slow motion and the mother and cub witness the death. Aasi monkey is a weapons-carrying warmonger who attempts to injure or kill a couple of different animals and wants to declare war on the humans. One scene shows a man putting his hand on his somewhat scantily clad date's legs and implying that he'll reward her for fooling around with him. Language includes insults like "dumb," "stupid," and some scatological jokes. Like most animal films, there's a strong message about caring for the environment and wildlife preservation. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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Inappropriate content for an animated film

What's the story.

In an Indian jungle, a leopard family reigns supreme until the father leopard (voiced by Cary Elwes ) is killed by a real estate developer's construction crew. In response to the news that their leader is dead and their habitat is about to be displaced, mother leopard Begum ( Vanessa Williams ) and her cub join Bajrangi, a militant monkey ( Carlos Alazraqui ); Bagga, a sensible bear ( Brad Garrett ); and Alex, a parrot that can "talk human" ( Tom Kenny ) to travel to Delhi and protest the development. Along the way, the group overcomes obstacles and strife between Alex and Bajrangi.

Is It Any Good?

There are too many disconnects in DELHI SAFARI to make it a must-see. Because it's dubbed into English, the sound and the mouth movements don't quite sync, and it's more noticeable and distracting here than in other dubbed films. The scene where the father leopard is killed is unnecessarily drawn out and extremely intense and upsetting. The animation is outdated, and some of the songs are pretty forgettable -- though the flamingo song and the end-credits routine are fun, Bollywood-style numbers.

On the bright side, the movie's eco-friendly messages are positive, but those are available in most animal tales. With so many homages and references to other animal movies (particularly The Lion King and Madagascar ), this Indian import seems more like a copycat with a few Bollywood songs thrown in to the mix. This just isn't original enough to bother with unless your kids adore anything and everything featuring talking wild animals.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

Families can talk about Delhi Safari 's messages. What do you take away from watching? Do you think a strong message is an important part of a kids' movie?

Which other animated movies are referenced or paid tribute to in Delhi Safari ? Why do you think filmmakers choose to acknowledge other movies in their works?

Movie Details

• In theaters : December 7, 2012
• On DVD or streaming : April 30, 2013
• Cast : Carlos Alazraqui , Tom Kenny , Vanessa Williams
• Director : Nikhil Advani
• Inclusion Information : Latino actors, Female actors, Black actors
• Studio : Applied Art Productions
• Genre : Family and Kids
• Topics : Adventures , Wild Animals
• Run time : 95 minutes
• MPAA rating : PG
• MPAA explanation : violence and menacing action, rude humor, suggestive content and thematic elements
• Last updated : February 25, 2022

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• Los Angeles Times Gary Goldstein A painless, if only mildly inventive, animated comedy.
• New York Daily News Miriam Bale The film is without wit and, sadly, entirely forgettable.
• Family Home Theater James Plath ...so many similarities [to The Lion King] you begin to wonder how they got away with it.
• New York Times Neil Genzlinger It shamelessly rips off much better animated movies. What kind of lesson is that for our young people?
• Reeling Reviews Robin Clifford The "Save the Environment" and "Share the World" themes of "Delhi Safari" will keep the adults involved in this nice story that is chock full of snappy, nature-friendly songs that will delight the kids.
• Common Sense Media Sandie Angulo Chen Bollywood numbers can't save derivative wild-animal tale.
• Slant Magazine Kalvin Henely A much better way to strike home the same green message, while also having more fun, would be to just skip this movie and take your kids to a national park.
• Reeling Reviews Laura Clifford ...U.S. audiences, at least, are bound to find the animation here subpar for a theatrical release.
• Variety Joe Leydon Blandly unremarkable.
• Village Voice Sherilyn Connelly Although its message is never subtle, Delhi Safari is fun enough to earn the right to preach.
• Hollywood Reporter Lisa Tsering Out-of-date animation throws up a roadblock for this Indian animated 3D family film.
• Behind The Lens Debbie Lynn Elias [W]hile the names may not be memorable, the characters, the color, the story, the heart and the fun will be -- for years to come. Sign me up for this safari!
• Screen It! Jim Judy Going to the zoo, watching Animal Planet or reading National Geographic will be more enlightening than this. (Full Content Review for Parents also available)
• Film Journal International Ethan Alter Although set in India, the Bollywood-backed cartoon Delhi Safari speaks the universal language of middling kiddie entertainment.

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