Motu Patlu
| Motu Patlu | |
|---|---|
 The official logo of Motu Patlu | |
| Genre |
Farce Slapstick-comedy Sitcom Humor |
| Created by | Kripa Shankar Bhardwaj |
| Developed by | Lot Pot |
| Directed by | Suhas Kadav[1] |
| Creative director(s) | Ronojoy Chakraborty |
| Starring | Motu, Patlu, John The Don, Ghasita Ram, Dr. Jhatka, Inspector Chingam |
| Voices of |
Saurav Chakraborty Omi Sharma Sankalp Brian D. Costa Rajah Renu Sharda Vikash Kumar |
| Theme music composer | Sandesh Shandilya[1] |
| Opening theme | Motu Aur Patlu Ki Jodi |
| Ending theme | Motu Aur Patlu Ki Jodi |
| Composer(s) | Sandesh Shandilya |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) |
Hindi English Sinhala Tamil Telugu |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 208 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Anu Sikka |
| Producer(s) |
Deepa Sahi Anish JS Mehta |
| Location(s) | Furfuri Nagar |
| Running time | 10–11 minutes (length of a single episode) |
| Production company(s) | Maya Digital Studio |
| Distributor | Maya Digital Studio |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Nickelodeon Nick HD |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital |
| First shown in | 16 October 2012 |
| Original release | 16 October 2012 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Lot Pot |
| External links | |
| Production website | |
Motu Patlu is an Indian CGI animated Sitcom television series airing on Nickelodeon. It is adapted from the classic comic strip on Lot Pot. It was premiered on 16 October 2012, beginning with episode "John Banega Don". It focuses on two friends, Motu and Patlu, living in the fictional city Furfuri Nagar. It focuses on how they land in hilarious situations and later rescue themselves merely by luck. Motu and Patlu are intimate friends of each other.
The director is Suhas Kadav and the theme music composer is Sandesh Shandilya. The producers are Deepa Sahi and Anish JS Mehta. The theme song "Motu Aur Patlu Ki Jodi" is sung by Sukhwinder Singh.[1] Motu Patlu is based on characters created by Kripa Shankar Bhardwaj in 1960s for Lot Pot Magazine. After the success of Season One, Season Two premiered in 2013. Later, Season Three premiered on October 20, 2014 and season 4 premiered in June 2015.
Plot
The story revolves around Motu and Patlu, two friends living in Furfuri Nagar. It focuses on how they land in hilarious situations and later rescue themselves merely by luck. Motu and Patlu are intimate friends of each other. Samosa is the favourite food of Motu. . Motu always tries to steal samosas from a Chaiwala who is the only one who makes the best samosas in the city. Motu mainly creates problem and Patlu always solve it, some times Ghasitaram,Chingam and Dr. Jhatka help them. Sometimes Ghasitaram makes Motu Patlu try Dr. Jhatka's invention. When Motu eats samosas, he gets more energetic than he normally is like Chhota Bheem when he eats laddoos.
The main antagonist in the series is a criminal named "John the Don" who is always accompanied by his two henchman's, number one and number two. John intend to become a well known criminal but his plans always preys to fail due to Motu Patlu.
Characters
- Motu: Motu is a fat man who serves as the one of the show's main protagonists. He likes to eat samosas. His best friend is Patlu. He often lands in trouble because of his actions. He is always looking for the easiest way to earn money, have fun and get to eat lot of samosas, even if it means landing himself in trouble. Sometimes he gets over-expressive while celebrating his victory and can do something very foolish, like bringing back a pirate into the present who they had sent recently back to the past. He is also shown bragging about something he has never done. But he is a good man who wants to help others. He wears a red tunic with a navy blue (though mostly black) vest, yellow Pyjamas, and shoes. His talking accent looks influenced by Dara Singh.When he eats samosas, he gets extra energy like Chhota Bheem and can defeat anyone in the world.
- Patlu: Patlu is a thin man who serves as the one of the show's main protagonists. He is often portrayed as the smartest guy in the whole city. He often gets into trouble along with Motu but he manages to help himself and Motu when they land in trouble. He always advises Motu to be in their normal track and thus lead a "danger free" life, but he can always be coaxed (or forced) by Motu into helping him. He dislikes samosas but loves to read newspapers. He wears a yellow tunic with orange leggings, black-framed glasses, and brown shoes.
- Dr. Jhatka: Dr. Jhatka is an inventor. His talking style is like a sardar, so he is referred as a punjabi. His inventions are very good and successful but not useful to the people. In fact, instead of helping people, the inventions land the people in trouble. Jhatka is known by his balding hair, green shirt, violet neck tie, and blue jeans. His design is a parallel version of Motu.[2]
- Ghasitaram: Ghasitaram has a 20 years experience in every field but none of the experience is useful to anyone. He is from West Bengal. Almost like Dr. Jhatka, his so-called "experiences of 20 years" often land people, especially Motu and Patlu, in trouble. His design is a parallel version of Patlu. He wears a cobalt blue tunic, purple dhoti, dark brown vest, and shoes of the same color.
- Chaiwala: A man who lives near Motu's house. He is the only one who makes samosas in the whole Furfuri Nagar which is the favourite of Motu. Motu steals the samosas from his shop and doesn't give the money to him. Motu gets a lot of power by eating samosas of Chaiwala. After eating samosas he shows aggression and can beat anyone, although the chaiwala doesn't like his samosas to be eaten for free. He occasionally rewards Motu by exempting him from the money Motu owes him or even promising him free samosas when he saves him or other residents of Furfuri Nagar.
- Sabziwali: She sells best vegetables in the whole Furfuri Nagar. Motu can be troublesome to her too at times and also owes her some money. She has got a fiery temper and can also punish Chingum at times whenever his chases harm her vegetables in some or other way. She wears a green saree over a black blouse.
- Chingam: is a police inspector. He believes that no criminal can escape from him. However, chingam manages to catch criminals merely by luck with the help of Motu and Patlu. A Rajinikanth devote with a strong south Indian accent, Chingam is a solicitous police inspector. He takes pride in the fact that no criminal can ever get away from him. A lethal combination for righteous and hilarious.When he fires his gun in the air after telling his dialogue,coconuts fall from the top on his head and makes him fall on the ground.He drives a green motor bike and sometimes also drives a police jeep.He is sometimes helped by two Constables Hera and Pheri.
- John: John the Don serves as the main antagonist of the show. John's ambition is to become the fearsome Don. But his plans always fail very badly and thus end up in him getting arrested or being taunted by other people. He writes some short poems. Contrary to normal thieves, he is not afraid of chingam but is instead afraid of Motu and Patlu. He is plump, and short in size and gets insulted for that. He wears a blue dress shirt with dark blue flower prints, yellow undershirt, brown belt, dark periwinkle leggings with blue cuffs, and brown shoes.
- Number 1 is John's goon who serves as the one of the supporting antagonists. He likes John's short poems. He has brilliant ideas to trap Motu and Patlu but whenever he tells him John says that his idea is bad and beats him, saying that he has a better plan but repeats the same one. Though he respects John, he is always the first to get beaten by him. He wears a blue French check hat, magenta striped shirt, denim trousers, and a yellow ascot.
- Number 2 is John's goon who rarely speaks. He has a dark mark on his eye and a band aid on his over-sized nose. He has dark brown hair, wears a cyan striped shirt, aquamarine ascot, and brownish-orange pants.
- Boxer: Motu's neighbour/neighbor who wears red boxing gloves, a white tank top, and red pants with vertical yellow stripes. He is an aggressive man. He always wants to help his neighbors but he gets angry and beats them up. He also has an expensive car which gets destroyed by Motu. In "Boxer's Baby", it is also shown that he is not a good parent and could not get his son, Sunny, to sleep.
- Bubblegum: He is the father of chingam and the commissioner of police of the area comprising Furfuri Nagar and adjoining villages. He once got impressed with Motu and Patlu and even recruited them in the police as Havaldars, but when he came to know that they were not as capable as he had thought, he got annoyed with them and fired them from the police.*
- Hera Singh: He is an Hawaldar of Inspector Chingam. He always tells Chingam, "Aap to hindustan ki top ho".
- Pheri lal: He is an Hawaldar of Inspector Chingam. He always tells Chingam, "You are very great sir,but born little late sir".
Location
The series is premised in a fictional town of Furfuri Nagar in India .[3] Furfuri Nagar is small peaceful typical Indian town adjoined by a river with few shops a large market area, bus depot, temples and a few rectional places .There are few villages and few neighbouring town shown in the series. Despite Being a small town it has its own airport. It's not clearly mentioned where the town is actually located in India but, most of the vehicle carries number plate number starting with MH which stands for the state of Maharashtra, it's also supplemented that police force of the town wears uniforms of the Maharashtra Police.
Production
Music
The music featured in all the series and film is written by, Sandesh Shandilya a famous Indian film composer. The theme song of the series "Motu Aur Patlu ki Jodi" is sung by Bollywood singer Sukhwinder Singh in Hindi.[1]
Episodes
Motu Patu fourth season was premiered in June 2015.
Voice cast
- Saurav Chakraborty - Motu, Patlu, Ghasita Ram, Chingam, Boxer and John
- Omi Sharma - Dr. Jhatka
- Karan Trivedi - Hera, Pheri
- Sankalp Rastogi - Chaiwala, Number 1
- Renu Sharda - Sabziwali
- Brian D. Costa - Number 2 (Season 1–2)
- Rajah - Number 2 (Season 3–present )
- Vikash Kumar -(Season 4-present)
Merchandising and promotion
Since the inception of the television series, its creators Lotpot magazine, Maya Digital Studios and the Nickelodeon India are aggressively promoting its merchandising the series products and tie-ups.[4][5]
In March 2014, Nick India tied up with the Yellow Diamond chips for promotion of its products across various media.[6][7] In November 2014 a major deal was signed by Horlicks for promotion of its brand with the series characters in its marketing ads.[8]
International airing
- Indosiar 2014–Present
- Maasranga Television 2015–Present[9]
- TV Derana -Sri Lanka
- Kabillion (USA)
Other media
Made-for-television movies
- Motu Patlu in Wonderland[10]
- Motu Patlu: Mission Moon
- Motu Patlu: Deep Sea Adventure [11]
- Motu Patlu: Kung-Fu Kings [12][13]
- Motu Patlu: Khazaane ki Race [14][15]
- Motu Patlu Kung Fu Kings Returns[16]
- Motu Patlu Carnival island
- Motu Patlu 36 Ghante Race
- Motu Patlu in Alienworld
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Nickelodeon presents home-grown animated show 'Motu Patlu by Maya Digital Studios". Bollywoodtrade.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Dr Jhatka, who gave us a shock". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. Retrieved 25 May 2015. External link in
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- ↑ Anil Wanvari. "Indian Television Dot Com - Nickelodeon gears up to promote Motu-Patlu". indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ "Viacom18 to expand sale of TV channel merchandise". The Hindu Business Line : Mobile Edition. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ "Nickelodeon signs Motu-Patlu Licensing Deal with Prataap Snacks". afaqs.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ Anil Wanvari. "Indian Television Dot Com - Nick opens up Motu Patlu for promotional licensing; launches toys with yellow diamond rings". indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ Business Standard. "- Business Standard Mobile Website". business-standard.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/tv/motu-patlu-air-maasranga-television-110095
- ↑ "Indian Advertising, Media, Marketing, Digital, Advertising Agencies - afaqs!". afaqs.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ Anil Wanvari. "Indian Television Dot Com - Motu Patlu defines Nick’s success". indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ "Nickelodeon launches Motu-Patlu merchandise; to air 4th movie soon". afaqs.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ Anil Wanvari. "Indian Television Dot Com - Catch the movie ‘Motu Patlu in Deep Sea Adventure’ only on Nickelodeon". indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ "Fifth 'Motu Patlu' film to premiere on Republic Day". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ Anil Wanvari. "Indian Television Dot Com - We deserve it, says Nina Jaipuria as ad sales rates hike 25-30%". indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ http://ayztube.com/new-sixth-movie-of-motu-patlu-made-for-tv-movie-premiere-kungfu-kings-returns/