But the animated creatures seem - and feel - human. The Jungle Book had one principal live-action character The Lion King has none. But the film's showy quality stays glued to the surface and never soars high enough to be able to keep up with the crescendo of Mufasa and his successor Simba's roar.

The result of the virtual reality technology than has gone into the making of The Lion King is undeniably impressive. But before the audience gets to that point, it has to warm up to a snazzier version of the CGI techniques that the director employed with huge success in the remake of Disney's The Jungle Book three years ago. Jon Favreau's reworking of The Lion King, which sticks by and large to the old storyline, gives Simba's growing-up phase more footage than it had in the original film. The Lion King Movie Review: A still from the film. There are other elements in The Lion King that are lost a touch in translation, but the story of betrayal and retribution being what it is - simple and uncluttered - it cuts through most of the pitfalls without losing its essence. It does not have the same resonance for an obvious reason - it does not take into the coinage the essential pun on 'pride'.

The name of the kingdom is rendered for Hindi audiences as 'Gaurav Bhoomi'.

These rare lighter moments inject some flounce into the familiar tale of a young lion who survives treachery, tragedy and exile and returns to his kingdom to reclaim his place at the helm of Pride Lands. However, the blowy banter between Pumbaa the warthog (voiced by Sanjay Mishra) and Timon the meerkat (Shreyas Talpade) injects much-needed humour into the Hindi version of Disney's photorealistic remake of the 1994 animated classic.

The mean streets from where Bollywood gangster flick-style lingo has emerged and the wilds of the African savanna where The Lion King is set are worlds apart.

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