''Khan Kluay 2'' ( th, ก้านกล้วย ๒; ) is a 2009 Thai animated

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and

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, directed by Taweelap Srivuthivong and released in 2009. It is the sequel to ''

Khan Kluay ''Khan Kluay'' ( th, ก้านกล้วย; ) is a 2006 Thai computer-animated adventure film set in Ayutthaya-era Siam about a Thai elephant who wanders away from his mother and becomes the war elephant for King Naresuan. It is based on t ...

'' and follows the further adventures of the

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of King

Naresuan the Great King Naresuan the Great (( th, สมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช, , ) or Sanphet II ( th, สรรเพชญ์ที่ ๒), ( my , နရဲစွမ် (သို့) ဗြနရာဇ်); 1555/1556 – ...

. It is set during the war between

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and

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. Its theme is the need to protect family and country. In 2011,it was re dubbed into Hindi as Jumbo 2: The return of the big elephant and released on 21 October around

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time in India but received negative comments. The dubbing studio was Sound and Vision studio, India.

Voice cast

*Taweelap Srivuthivong as Nga Nil *

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as Chaba-Kaew *Attaporn Teemakorn as Khan Kluay *

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as Nanda Bayin *Varuth Waratham as Jid Rid

Voice Cast (Hindi Version)

* Karan Trivedi as Jayveer Singh aka Jumbo *Mohini Bhoj as Sonia Singh, Jumbo's wife *

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as Dildar Yadav *

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as Prince Vikramaditya *

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as Mahakaal,the sorcerer *Yash Parekh as Neil *Julie Tejwani as Rasgulla / Hariya *Pooja Punjabi as Pinki *Ashar Shaikh as Khabri *Tanya Sinha as Luv Singh / Kush Singh, Jumbo's twin son * Sanket Mhatre as the thin soldier and a Shauryagarh soldier *Ajay Singhal as the mahout/king of shauryagarh/the fat soldier

English version

In 2016, Grindstone Entertainment Group produced an English dubbed version of the movie known as ''Elephant Kingdom'', which was released on DVD via Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The first Khan Kluay film was dubbed into English by the Weinstein Company under the name ''The Blue Elephant''. The English version of the second film lacks any ties to the first Khan Kluay film in the writing. Consequently, there are numerous changes in the English version compared to the original film and even the first Khan Kluay film. For example, all the voices in the original are replaced by new actors in the English version, with

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replacing Jeremy Redleaf as Khan Kluay,

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replacing

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as Chaba-Kaew,

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replacing

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as Jai, while

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voiced Nanda Bayin. The names of the characters are also changed, Khan Kluay's name is changed to Rok, Chaba-Kaew's name is changed to Melody, and Jai's name is changed to Wingman. This version of the movie can also be found on YouTube.

References

External links

* 2009 films 2000s children's animated films 2009 animated films Thai children's films Films set in the 1500s Thai animated films Thai 3D films Thai-language films Sahamongkol Film International films Animated films set in the 16th century Animated films set in Asia Films set in Thailand {{Thailand-film-stub