Salman Khan fans rejoice. Fresh after the whole KRK controversy, the Bollywood megastar has taken to his Twitter page to announce that his Chulbul Pandey character from the famed Dabangg franchise will soon have an animated avatar. Dabangg first released in 2010 and saw the debut of Sonakshi Sinha, alongside Salman Khan, who essayed the role of a police officer Chulbul Pandey. Sonu Sood played the main antagonist in the film.
The popularity of the film led to two sequels — the 2012 Dabangg 2 and Dabangg 3 in 2019, the last of which served as a partial prequel. And now it turns out that the popular franchise will have an animated version as well.
Salman Khan took to Twitter to share the trailer for the new animated series, alongside the caption, “Bhaiyaji smile! Aa gaye hain ‘Chulbul Pandey’ apne animated avatar mein in ‘Dabangg-The Animated Series’ 31st May se, har roz 12 baje, Cartoon Network par!”
As soon as the actor shared the news, his fans flooded the Twitter feed with reactions. One fan wrote, “Ek number Bhai Dabangg is cult classic, Evergreen, larger than life, hard core action, with full of bejod dialogues… means it’s a ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTER.. Or ye kids ka show ek tribute hai.. Dabangg ke liye,” while another tweeted, “fantastic,some dialogues r very catchy & makes situations full of fun,looking forward to watch,with your spontaneity & genuineness you always sets great comfort level,despite your huge superb stardom you r the most humble superstar,watching you is always the best thing:)):)”
“Kid’s favorite is finally among kids in their fav version,” wrote a third fan
However, this is not the first time that a Hindi film has had an animated version. Earlier, Discovery Kids, a division of Discovery Networks Asia Pacific announced Fukrey Boyzzz, an animated version of the popular Hindi film, Fukrey.
Another film that had an animated version was Ajay Devgn starrer Singham, which had a cartoon version Little Singham for Nickelodeon, and Rohit Shetty’s comedy franchise Golmaal had a cartoon version called Golmaal Jr.
