MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment, in association with Moving Picture Company, has released VCDs of the National award winning series Jungle Tales that has been inspired from the Panchatantra folk tales.

The series has a total of 14 stories of which six have been released in two volumes in English and Hindi. The famous Panchatantra stories like 'The Hare and the Tortoise', 'The Lion and the Rabbit' and many others have been given a 3D CGI animation treatment with a unique story-telling style.

Commenting on the development, Shemaroo Entertainment Director Hiren Gada says, "We are glad to come out with the VCDs of Jungle Tales series. The stories in The Jungle Tales series are not only entertaining but also have morals to be learned. The quality of animation and narration will help children understand and enjoy these stories to the fullest thereby creating tremendous repeat value for the content."

Shares Moving Picture Company CMD Ramesh Sharma, "The Jungle Tales is an adaptation of stories from the 'Panchatantra', a collection of Indian fables. After envisaging the VCD, we sat across to write our own script, designed our own characters and formulated the presentation. From the lighting, texturing to rigging everything was done in-house.