Khan Kluay 2 (Thai: ก้านกล้วย ๒; RTGSKan Kluai Song) is a 2009 Thai animated dark fantasy and action-adventure film, directed by Taweelap Srivuthivong and released in 2009. It is the sequel to Khan Kluay and follows the further adventures of the war elephant of King Naresuan the Great. It is set during the war between Ayutthaya and Hanthawaddy. 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 Diwali time in India but received negative comments. The dubbing studio was Sound and Vision studio, India.

Khan Kluay 2
Thai theatrical release poster
Directed byTaweelap Srivuthivong[1]
CinematographyPhuchid Assawamahasakda
Edited byEvan Spiliotopoulos
Music byChatchai Pongprapaphan[1]
Production
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Kantana Animation
Kantana Group Public Co.
Sahamongkol Film International[1]
Distributed bySahamongkol Film International
Release date
  • March 26, 2009 (2009-03-26)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryThailand
LanguagesThai
Hindi
English

Plot

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Khan Kluay must face his greatest challenge yet, the Hanthawaddy army. He needs to protect family and country, and the choice between living with his wife or fighting the Burmese. New characters of the film are four junior elephants, and two of Khan Kluay's children, Ton Aor and Koh Kaew.

Voice cast

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  • Taweelap Srivuthivong as Nga Nil
  • Ann Thongprasom as Chaba-Kaew
  • Attaporn Teemakorn as Khan Kluay
  • Nonzee Nimibutr as Nanda Bayin
  • Varuth Waratham as Jid Rid

Voice Cast (Hindi Version)

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  • Karan Trivedi as Jayveer Singh aka Jumbo
  • Mohini Bhoj as Sonia Singh, Jumbo's wife
  • Rajesh Kava as Dildar Yadav
  • Amar Babaria as Prince Vikramaditya
  • Vinod Kulkarni 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

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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 Cary Elwes replacing Jeremy Redleaf as Khan Kluay, Alexa PenaVega replacing Miranda Cosgrove as Chaba-Kaew, Garrett Clayton replacing Martin Short as Jai, while Patrick Warburton 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.

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