Guangchun, who is also the Chairman of China Radio, Film and Television group, and his team had a look at the MPC’s indigenously developed long form 3d production Jungle Tales, inspired by the Panchatantra Tales.

“The Minister expressed keen interest to collaborate with MPC to develop Jungle Tales further and dub it to take to Chinese audiences. He saw several cultural similarities between Chinese folk lore and Jungle Tales. He felt that the Japanese and American animation that the Chinese children are currently exposed to is actually unsuitable as it portrays violence,” said Pankan Bhusan, vice-president – business development, MPC.

Bhushan added: “He found that both India and China share a rich cultural heritage and that there would be tremendous synergy to draw upon if the two countries collaborated in films, television and animation, especially given the low production costs in the two countries.”

MPC, which had test marketed Jungle Tales in the India International Trade Fair (IITF) towards the end of the last year, is expected to finalise its first client for the new series in the near future.

The narration and treatment of the series has been created considering the “lifestyle of today’s kids”. The primary target group is kids but the stories make for fun viewing for the entire family. “We are initially planning 13 episodes but might increase it to 26 depending upon the response from the audience.” MPCL, which specialises in television software and documentary films apart from 3D animation, is targeting the particular segment of international audiences that has a liking for Indian films.