''Gaju Bhai'' is an Indian flash-animated

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produced by Toonz Animation, which airs on

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. The series premiered on 18 April 2016. Gaju Bhai typically follows a format of two 11-minute-long independent "segments" per episode. The show showcases the story of a Jollywood superstar Gaju Bhai and his transformation from a reel life hero to a real-life hero.

Characters

Main

* Gaju Bhai: Gaju Bhai is the title character of the show. He's a

Jollywood Assamese cinema, also known as Jollywood, is an Indian film industry of Assamese-language motion pictures. It is based in Assam, India. The industry was born in 1935 when Jyoti Prasad Agarwala released his movie '' Joymoti''. Since then the A ...

superstar. He shares a strong bond of friendship with Iravan. He's an

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. He is voiced by

Damandeep Singh Baggan Damandeep Singh Baggan (born 8 June 1977) is an Indian actor and also a dub-over voice actor. He is also named as Daman Baggan for short. In addition to Punjabi, his native language, he speaks English and Hindi. He has dubbed in Hindi for Jim ...

* Iravan: Iravan is a 10-year-old prince of Gajrajpuri. He's an

too. *Bhagat: Bhagat is the commander of Gajrajpuri's

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. He's a strict disciplinarian and often comes off as heartless and insensitive. He is a

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. * Mahaguru: Mahaguru is always sitting in a cave and meditating. He existed since the beginning of time. He is a hawk.

Recurring

* Miss Zuzee: Miss Zuzee is a

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and a journalist who devoted her life to find out the mysteries of Gaju Bhai's life. She wanted to be an

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. * Shantilal: Shantilal is a crow and Gaju Bhai's

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, butler, make-up man, and

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. He is always busy with his multiple mobile phones. He thinks and tells others that he's the one who made Gaju Bhai the superstar he is today, but only when Gaju Bhai is not around. * Director: Director is a stereotypical

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

director who thinks his superstar is perfect. He always sees faults in others but never in his superstar. He is a monkey.

Reception

It was featured in the 10th Krackjack Karnival.

Accolades

''Gaju Bhai'' won FICCI's Best Animated Frames: Character of the Year and MAAC 24FPS awards in 2017.

Film

A television film ''Apna Bhai Gaju Bhai'' based on the series aired on 3 July 2016.

References

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