I've recently watched the full film on ARY and it was surprisingly good, it's set in khyber although I can understand 30% Urdu, I can get each character's goal and motives which are kept simple such as:
Heroes:
Allahyar - main protagonist, wants revenge on Mani for killing his father, helps Markhor to get back home.
Markhor - other protagonist, wants to get back home and eventually became Allahyar's best friend
Hero - comic relief character, a chuckar bird that has a crush on Markhor, tags along with the gang because not only he knows the way to the place they're looking for but also wants to impress her also. Btw he's probably my fave character in the film.
Chakku - A young snow leopard who comes in the latter half of the film, he comes to not only rescue the gang but also wants to get revenge on the antagonist for killing his parents (kinda relatable backstory for the protagonist).
Villains: Mani - The Main Antagonist, don't know whether I consider him a badass or a jackass since there are scenes where he does cool parkour moves across the forrest and beats up a bunch of fully grown wolves without getting hurt (in real life he would be dead less than a minute) and scenes such as rubbing his foot and smelling it or literally eating sh!t. The point of him being in this film show that anyone is desperate for money, even showing no mercy to humans let alone animals and sometime as human being can make cruel decisions. Bubloo - The Antagonist's sidekick, I'd say is neutral from the beginning as he's only doing his job (like having a better pay than his usual job at the store) and later finds out the cruelty of the main villain's plan. What I like about the inclusion of the sidekick is that he's not just some cliche lackey with no personality who does what the villain tells him to do in some other films, Babloo is a character who has heart and decides what's wrong and what's right for himself. Wolves - Nothing much to say about them other than being side filler villains since they looked hungry lol.
Although the film was considerably short, it had a solid storyline, great animation, great cinematography, good music, acting and pretty much everything that makes it professional, my only complaint is that Allahyar (the protagonist) was easily forgettable because of course the markhor steals the spotlight and also a plot hole were the ending shows Allahyar's father found his son, while being alive it doesn't explain how he was knocked out (unless I missed something or Allahyar forgot to check his pulse).
Overall I enjoyed the symbolism of the film's characters (representing national animals) and getting it's message across (being that the animals are in danger because of poachers), as much as I like this film, I doubt it would get a sequel (unless the villain escapes or bailed out of prison to join another group for a spin-off film lol).
Is it the greatest CG animated film? No, I've seen better
Is it Pakistan's best CG film ever? Definitely, seeing it has a solid approach in filmmaking and a step in the right direction as young generation is better than old generation.
Must watch, especially being almost the same league as Shrek, The Incredibles, Kung Fu Panda etc.
Villains: Mani - The Main Antagonist, don't know whether I consider him a badass or a jackass since there are scenes where he does cool parkour moves across the forrest and beats up a bunch of fully grown wolves without getting hurt (in real life he would be dead less than a minute) and scenes such as rubbing his foot and smelling it or literally eating sh!t. The point of him being in this film show that anyone is desperate for money, even showing no mercy to humans let alone animals and sometime as human being can make cruel decisions. Bubloo - The Antagonist's sidekick, I'd say is neutral from the beginning as he's only doing his job (like having a better pay than his usual job at the store) and later finds out the cruelty of the main villain's plan. What I like about the inclusion of the sidekick is that he's not just some cliche lackey with no personality who does what the villain tells him to do in some other films, Babloo is a character who has heart and decides what's wrong and what's right for himself. Wolves - Nothing much to say about them other than being side filler villains since they looked hungry lol.
Although the film was considerably short, it had a solid storyline, great animation, great cinematography, good music, acting and pretty much everything that makes it professional, my only complaint is that Allahyar (the protagonist) was easily forgettable because of course the markhor steals the spotlight and also a plot hole were the ending shows Allahyar's father found his son, while being alive it doesn't explain how he was knocked out (unless I missed something or Allahyar forgot to check his pulse).
Overall I enjoyed the symbolism of the film's characters (representing national animals) and getting it's message across (being that the animals are in danger because of poachers), as much as I like this film, I doubt it would get a sequel (unless the villain escapes or bailed out of prison to join another group for a spin-off film lol).
Is it the greatest CG animated film? No, I've seen better
Is it Pakistan's best CG film ever? Definitely, seeing it has a solid approach in filmmaking and a step in the right direction as young generation is better than old generation.
Must watch, especially being almost the same league as Shrek, The Incredibles, Kung Fu Panda etc.