Saturday, April 24, 2010

Bird Idol Movie Review





Bird Idol offer more than what's being offered round-the-clock on television vis-a-vis animation shows? Will its target audience [the kids] prefer the animation film over popular animation shows on TV? The answer to both the questions is, unfortunately, negative.

Bird Idol creates a fantasy world where the birds of Mumbai are as human as the people who inhabit it. They go to school, watch TV, go out on dates and yes, even watch reality shows
, especially the musical show known for making stars overnight - Bird Idol.

However, as of now, the birds still play bird music, full of chirps, tweets and the like. A group of four friends [Hummi, Surili, Chidi and Tuktuk] introduce a sound never heard before in the bird world - human music. The music is a hit among the birds and it catapults Hummi's group to stardom overnight.

But the judges, old-time establishment musicians, begin to worry. What will happen to them? They hatch a plan to sabotage Hummi and his music before it's too late. Will they succeed? And what does the introduction of human music mean to the bird world?

The animation quality is top notch and the dubbing is in sync. But the problem is that the viewer doesn't carry the characters home, like I did when I watched Hanuman.

On the whole, Bird Idol is watchable in parts, but the lack of awareness will make the effort go unnoticed.



1 comments:

Andrea said...

Agreed, lack of awareness made this movie a flop. I have seen it twice and its a nice movie. You have mentioned all the qualities that I do also agree but without popularity even a good movie becomes bad.
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