USA Today has a look at SANJAY’S SUPER TEAM, the dialogue-free Pixar short which’ll appear in front of THE GOOD DINOSAUR when it releases November 25.
Through the big eyes of a little boy, director Sanjay Patel has animated his journey from a California kid watching cartoons to a man respecting his father's Indian traditions.
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Patel, 41, chose three deities to reference in Super Team: the monkey-like Hanuman, the goddess of power and protection Durga, and the blue-skinned Vishnu, who represents preservation.
Some might liken them to a Hindu version of the Avengers, or an Indian take on Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, but they're more meaningful than that to Patel. "I kind of have an insider's point of view so I see them a little bit differently," says the filmmaker.
…explains USA Today HERE, in a piece which tells us more about what we can expect from the short in terms of score and approach.
Before directing SANJAY’S SUPER TEAM, Patel worked as an animator on RATATOUILLE and MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, and as an animator/story artist on THE INCREDIBLES, MONSTERS, INC., and TOY STORY 2.
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