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Mary Kom's superhero avatar on TV soon
New Delhi, June 9
The life journey of Olympian
M.C. Mary Kom, showcased on the silver screen through the film "Mary
Kom", delivered a powerful punch. Now, the boxer is set to invade the
small screen as a female superhero via an animation TV series called
"Mary Kom Jr".
The boxer has signed up a licensing deal with
ScreenYug Creations Pvt Ltd, a creative studio based out of Pune, for
India's first girl superhero animation series. ScreenYug and Aditya
Horizons will produce the series together, read a statement.
Mary
Kom's story of carving a name for herself in global boxing ring circuit
has been inspiring, and with the series, Mary Kom plans to motivate
girls to follow their dreams.
"I think it is time to take more
responsibility for the girl child. I want girls to be confident and
strong,†she said in a statement.
The animation series will also bring in a flavour of self-defence, and the boxer feels it is necessary to spread awareness.
“Parents
are usually not keen on fighting games for their girl child, but with
all the crime going around, their eyes are now open and this will help,â€
she said.
“Mary Kom Jr†is being produced by Ashish S.
Kulkarni, and his team including Vikram Veturi (director), Sudip
Banerjee and Aditya Bakshi (concept and story directors), JV Varaprasad
(editor and music director), Rajesh Bhosale (line production) and anand
pandey (production architect).
Kulkarni emphasised that though
the story will be based on Mary Kom with Manipur in focus, they plan to
include other characters for universal appeal.
"It is true that
we are creating India's first girl superhero animated series, which will
be based on India's own super sportstar Mary Kom. While we have a
Manipuri tinge by capturing the fiction life of a young Mary Kom while
in school, we will have other characters with a more neutral tone in
order to appeal to the global audience," Kulkarni said.
This
licensing agreement will entitle Mary Kom to get royalties from the
global sales of animation series, any merchandise, story books, e-books,
games, comics and online distribution in the future.
ScreenYug
Creations is currently working on the development of first-of-its-kind
animation series on "War Heroes of India" and "Amazing Kids" apart from
"Mary Kom Jr".