Move over Superman and Batman, Hanuman is here and how! India's first full-lenghth animation movie Hanuman has enthralled adults and children alike.

Wallpapers of the precocious Hanuman as a blue-eyed, red-cheeked kid are the current rage. The animation is comparable to the best in the world. Jai Hanuman to the team which has successfully animated the oldest epic in the world and a mythical superhero, whose name and fame was confined only to India's shores, but deserved to be recognised and enjoyed worldwide.

The film is about 100 minutes in length and has over 40 individual characters. It has been recorded officially as India's first indigenous animation film in the Limca Book of Records' 2004 edition.

Directed by animation veteran VG Samant, it is set to be released in English on December 25, taking it to a wider audience. More good news. A sequel to Hanuman is being planned for next year.

A Sahara One Motion Pictures presentation in association with Silvertoons, it had 85 per cent collections in the first week and has reportedly done business of over Rs 12 crores at the box office. This is the first time ever in India that an animation film has received such recognition. Sahara had released the film with only 150 prints across the country.