Shaan And Sunidhi Chauhan To Voice For 3D Animation Film RIO
By FNN | March 20, 2011, 5:38pm IST
Singing superstars Shaan & Sunidhi Chauhan will be voicing for the lead characters ‘Blu’ & ‘Jewel’ respectively in Fox Star Studios’ forthcoming 3D animation film ‘RIO’.
Not only that, the duo will also be lending their melodious voice for some of the Hindi songs of the film’s soundtrack, as music is an important aspect of this comedy adventure!
Apparently Shaan, a huge fan of animation films was highly impressed when he saw the film’s rushes and immediately loved the idea of lending his voice for the lead character.
The singer says, “Associating with RIO was a very unique & exciting opportunity that I couldn’t refuse. The film is super fun and will be enjoyed by people of all ages. I had a great time dubbing and singing for the film.â€
Sunidhi too, is quite excited about her association with Rio and qipps; “I wanted to do an animation film for years. Rio is such an amazing film that I just had to do it. Even though my character is a bird, Rio is a beautiful love story!â€
Fox has also recently already roped in comical duo Ranvir Shorey and Vinay Pathak to do the Hindi voice overs for Nico & Pedro (Blu’s friends) respectively.
Jesse Eisenberg, who rose to fame after his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in ‘The Social Network’ will be voicing ‘Blu’ in the original version of the film; whereas Anne Hathaway lends her voice for ‘Jewel’.
Filled with splendid visual effects, ‘RIO’ is being touted as the next big animated movie series after Ice Age. Set in the magnificent city of Rio de Janeiro and the lush rainforest of Brazil, ‘RIO’ is a comedy-adventure which centers on BLU, a rare macaw who thinks he is the last of his kind. When Blu discovers there’s another – and that she’s a she – he leaves the comforts of his cage in small town Minnesota and heads to Rio.
‘RIO’ will hit theaters in India on 8th April in English & Hindi.
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