Dreamworks to Make an Animated Bollywood Film

An illustration from Sanjay Patel's Ramayana: Divine Loophole

DreamWorks Animation Studios announced today that they were fast-tracking an animated picture based on the epic poem The Ramayana.

The movie, tentatively titled Monkeys of Bollywood will be an animated musical that focuses on two monkeys who try to stop a mythical demon from taking over the world. Monkeys boasts a pretty impressive creative team as well, with executive producer and composer A.R. Rahman ("Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire, among others), executive producer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Enchanted), and writers Gurinder Chadha and Paul Berges (Bend it Like Beckham).

If you've never seen a Bollywood film before, or even if you're already a fan, the bright colors and distinctive, festive music will make this an exciting movie to look out for.

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