How Delhi Safari got its animation right? : Bollywood News

We incorporated a combination of elastic and snappy characters

Before the animation production on the feature began, the animators were trained for almost six months. Acting workshops were conducted for the animators in the studio, since the animation style of the movie is in the midst of being toony and realistic; we had certain guidelines for the animators to follow that would complement the character designs. We incorporated a combination of elastic and snappy characters, and ensured that we didnt break the credibility of the characters such as making quadrupeds walk on two legs. We decided to go with our typical cultural mannerism and gestures that everyone in the country India could relate with. We knew that we only had one shot at creating memorable characters, but we pondered over how we could design the characters, that would gel with the Indian spectators and how they could relate with the characters. With this, we coined the term realistic but stylized in which we realized the importance of striking a perfect balance between keeping it loony and extremely realistic. Although the characters appear to be quite simple in form, the addition of fur on the characters gives it an edge. In proportion to their body, we went for bigger heads. We wanted them to have expressive eyes and we also didnt want any of our characters to resemble the real actors. We want people to remember Bajrangi, Alex in their animated form and not as Govinda or Akshay Khanna.