The trailer of Vidyut Jammwal’s ‘Junglee‘ dropped on Wednesday morning and this action and emotion packed trailer has a pinch of romance in it. The Chuck Russell directorial showcases a special bond between a little boy and a baby elephant Bhola, which continues even after the boy comes back as a grown up after several years.
‘Junglee’ is produced by Vineet Jain and co-produced by Priti Shahani. The film also stars Pooja Sawant, Asha Bhat, Atul Kulkarni, and Makarand Deshpande and is slated to release on 5th April 2019.
The synopsis of the film reads, “Junglee is a family-adventure film, revolving around a vet, who on his homecoming to his father’s elephant reserve, reunites with his childhood friend- Bhola, the elephant, and fights an international poachers racket.”
The actor went an extra mile for this film. He turned elephant whisperer, got in touch with his inner beast, mastered the art of Kalaripayattu and was recently honored as one of the best martial artists in the world.
Vidyut explained, “Kalaripayattu is a discipline that has encouraged people to pick up on strength, sensibility and personality traits of various fantastic animals. It was amazing for me to extend my knowledge of Kalaripayattu by practicing animal flow. Most of the conventional exercises in the gym isolate only two muscles at a time. However, training like an animal functionally overcomes this one way to optimize strength, flexibility, mind-body control.”
He further added, “Humans are emotional beasts and hence face trouble in being in the moment. That is why we are not natural fighters like the leopard or the tiger who do not get paralyzed by fear. These animals do not get paralyzed by guilt situation. This awareness, apart from additional strength from animal flow helped me be at ease with the animals I shot with for ‘Junglee’. I was awed by the depth of this stream of martial arts and wanted to bring on the big screen with ‘Junglee’.”