India, Aug. 11 -- To call Mahavatar Narsimha the most successful Indian animated film does not do justice to just how big a hit it is. The Ashwin Kumar film is all set to cross Rs.200 crore at the worldwide box office. The next highest collection for an Indian animation is a mere Rs.30 crore (by Rajinikanth's Kochadaiiyaan). Only two other films have ever crossed Rs.10 crore. That puts into perspective the achievement of the film.

The makers of Mahavatar Narsimha recently held a grand success meet for the film in Mumbai, where the film's producer and Hombale Films co-founder Chaluve Gowda spoke to HT about the success and the road ahead. Gowda says he was always confident the film would do well. "When we saw the footage for the first tim...