Many years back, when Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani came up with ‘Fukrey’, it became a huge rage at the movies. No, it didn’t have the star power of a Salman Khan or a Shah Rukh Khan, but it had a new bunch of talented actors who were more than just good to take the audience back to their childhood.Then came the sequel to this movie, which was a laughathon in itself. And now, after two sequels, Excel Entertainment and Discovery Kids have collaborated together to bring something that will be of sheer joy and happiness to the kids. Yes, that’s true. Discovery Kids is coming out with the animated version of ‘Fukrey’, titled ‘Fukrey Boyzzz’, where the characters are inspired from the famous characters of Fukrey. Choocha, Hunny and Lali were amongst the most favorite ones, and needless to say, the characters continue to live on even in today’s time.

At the official launch of the animation series were present the lead cast, comprising of Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Manjot Singh & Richa Chadda. Also present at the grand event were Megha Tata (MD, Discovery India) & Uttam Pal Singh (Business Head, Discovery Kids), to make the occasion even more special.

“We all have had fukrapanti in us since our childhood. Either we have been the ones who had fukrapanti inside us or we were around people who had fukrapanti in them. Nonetheless, it’s always fun to have such lively characters around and we are glad we are coming up with this content.” – Megha Tata

‘Well, there’s a lot of science and research involved behind coming up with this to be honest. As per our data, 20% of the TV viewership is primarily of child content, and the age group of 8-14 we feel has a lot of potential but has been underutilized so far. Hopefully, this will be appealing to that age group and we look forward to positive reactions. A lot of hard work has been put in by the team.’ – Uttam Pal Singh

Also present at the event was Ritesh Sidhwani, the main man behind the creation of Fukrey. Ritesh shared incidents about how Farhan Akhtar was the ‘Fukrah’ in his life during school and how they all were once punished in school because of Farhan. The rest of the cast too shared their fukrapanti stories alongside interacting with the media and asking them about their naughty childhood stories.

The animation series will be telecast on an episode basis, where each day they air an episode and run it till the end that day, followed by a new episode the next day. Fukrey Boyzzz is set to premier on Discovery Kids channel from October 12 2019. For more such updates, stay tuned to IWMBuzz.com