Pakdam Pakdai
Pakdam Pakdai (transl. Chasing), also known as Rat-A-Tat (in English), is an Indian flash animated comedy television series airing on Nickelodeon India formerly and currently airing on Sonic Nickelodeon. It is inspired by Oggy and the Cockroaches (which in turn was inspired by Tom and Jerry). The show began airing on 27 May 2013 to August 2018. It now telecasts 585 episodes on Nickelodeon Sonic, but it is an original show of Nickelodeon.
Pakdam Pakdai | |
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Also known as | Rat-A-Tat |
Genre | Comedy Slapstick |
Created by | Nickelodeon |
Country of origin | India |
Original languages | Hindi Gibberish (English version) |
No. of seasons | 11 |
No. of episodes | 585 |
Production | |
Running time | 7 minutes |
Production company | Toonz Animation |
Distributor | Viacom 18 Amazon Prime Video |
Release | |
Original network | Nickelodeon India (2013–2018) Cartoon Network Sonic Nickelodeon (2018–present) Nick HD+ (2015–present) YouTube (2014–present) Voot Kids (2019–present) Boomerang (2020–present) |
Original release | 27 May 2013 – present |
In the English version, it has dialogue with talking gibberish. And in 2020, it also aired on Boomerang in Hebrew and TV Nova in Czech.
Characters
Main
- Doggy Don (Don, inspired by Oggy) is a little pink Dog, who is usually annoyed by the mice. His days are always ruined by the mice; therefore, he always plans to get revenge on them, and rarely succeeds. He is quite skillful. His catchphrase is "Don se bachna mushkil hi nahi, naa mumkin hai..." (Escaping from Don is not difficult, it is impossible). Don lives in a house with his elder brother, the three mices, and later Major Saab (Thaw), which is the house next to Rox's. He is competition to Charly. The Hindi dialogues are based on Shah Rukh Khan's characters' dialogues.
- Chhotu (Charly, inspired by Joey, also named Chhotu (or Jhaplu) in the Hindi dub of Oggy and the Cockroaches) is the leader of the Chuha Party and is the oldest from all of them. He wears spectacles. Charly is funny and mischievous. He likes to cause impractical jokes with his brothers. He is also an ingenious guy as he almost always wins with his team by the end of some episodes. He is competition to Don. The Hindi dialogues are based on Paresh Rawal's characters' dialogues.
- Lambu (Larry, inspired by Marky, also named Lambu (or Taplu) in the Hindi dub of Oggy and the Cockroaches) is the purple mouse of the group. He is described as a cool guy. He is quite the jokester and he likes to hang around with others. His catchphrase is "Don't Make Me Angry" He is competition to Colonel. The Hindi dialogues are based on Akshay Kumar's characters' dialogues.
- Motu (Marly, inspired by Dee-Dee, also named Motu (or Paplu) in the Hindi dub of Oggy and the Cockroaches) is the gray blue mouse of the gang. He always got a way with food, which sometimes starts to drive Charly nuts. He's the youngest member of the Chuha Party. He is competition to Thaw. The Hindi dialogues are based on Suniel Shetty's characters' dialogues.
- Karnal (Colonel, inspired by Jack) is the over-protective, occasionally aggressive, and arrogant elder brother of Don. He is a muscular green Do
- og with a soldier hat, tags, and white gloves. He always helps Don for dealing those mice's shenanigans and he was a former soldier. He's quite strong towards others. He is competition to Larry. The Hindi dialogues are based on Sunny Deol's characters' dialogues.
Recurring
- Major Saab Jr. (Thaw; an entirely new character) is Don and Colonel's friend. Don and Colonel adopted him when Thaw's father, who was part of the Air Force, was killed in a helicopter accident. He is younger in age and smaller in size, compared to both Don and Colonel. He is often to hang out with Don and Colonel. He loves eating, and usually tends to eat everything in the refrigerator, for a single meal. He is competition to Marly. The Hindi dialogues are based on Saif Ali Khan's characters' dialogues.
- Ballu (Rox, inspired by Bob) is a muscular looking great dane that lives in the house next door. A running gag of the show shows Don or Colonel doing something which accidentally destroy his house and he'll give a handful of beating on Don, Colonel, or the mices (rarely). He and Colonel are of the same age, and are sometimes shown to be friends. His character is based on Amrish Puri's characters' dialogues.
- Doctor is the family pediatrician of the dog brothers, the mice, well as Ballu. He is shown to be attending in an army camp, police station as well as in the school of dog brothers, as seen in a flashback episode. He is a clown by behaviour as he frequently get caught in the mice's mischief and plans.
- Nana (Narrator) is the narrator of the show. The episodes usually start and ends by his closing comments, while his funny commentary runs throughout the episode. The Hindi dialogues are based on Nana Patekar's characters' dialogues.
Minor
- Betty, also known as Meow, is a Labrador Retriever who is Doggy Don's love interest. She often goes on dates with Don, but sometimes she is fickle with him. She especially dislikes it when someone ruins her date. Betty is often the voice of reason for other people, including Ballu.
- Sammy is a squirrel who lives in a tree. The problem is that he often plays various mean pranks on people and calls them names. He apparently has been diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder, and this causes him to want to screw other people over and demean them on purpose. He is not content unless he is ruining someone's day. However, Sammy has sometimes been punished by his father, but that doesn't stop him from trying to screw him over. He also hates it when people tell him no one cares what he thinks, and is always determined to prove them wrong.
- The Terminator is a Crocodile with blue shirt and a character who made his debut in Season 2's Episode 45.[1] He also seen in the movie "Doggy Don in Egypt" without any clothes. He is called as being "Stingy" by Don.
Networks
Seasons | Network | Release Date |
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1 | Cartoon Network | 27 May 2013 – 21 December 2014 |
Nickelodeon (India) | 2013–2014; 2017-2018 | |
Nickelodeon Sonic[2] | 22 December 2014 – 2020 | |
Nick HD+[3] | 5 December 2015 – present | |
Rishtey[4] | 30 March 2016 – present | |
2 | Nickelodeon Pakistan | 28 June 2014 – present |
3 | Arte | 2013-2015 |
4 | TDM Ou Mun | 2020–present |
5 | Awesome TV | April 1, 2021 – present |
6 | TV5 Network | January 9, 2016-2017 |
Availability
Pakdam Pakdai is available to watch on Voot Kids, Amazon Prime Video and YouTube.
Movies
Pakdam Pakdai Doggy Don vs Billiman
On 19 December 2014, Pakdam Pakdai Doggy Don Vs Billi premiered, with Doggy Don and Colonel taking a trip to the future and befriending a cat named Billiman, who turns out to be a villain and conquers the city. Doggy Don and Colonel, along with Chhotu, Motu, Lambu and the citizens of the town defeat Billiman.
Pakdam Pakdai Ocean Attack
On 20 November 2015, Pakdam Pakdai Ocean Attack premiered, with Doggy Don, Colonel and their brother, Major Saab along with the mice saving the world from an evil shark, called Surmai Bhopali, who has turned the world into an ocean and made everyone a sea creature by the destroying the balance between the sea and the land at the heart of the ocean. Doggy Don, Colonel, Major and the mice, along with their new friends, Boodhababa, Manumaan and Yeti, defeated Surmai and captured his evil fish army in a fish jail, along with him.
Pakdam Pakdai: Doggy Don in Egypt
This film premiered on 21 January 2018. It is about when Doggy Don, Colonel, and the mice brothers try to defeat an evil magician called Hairis who wants to take over the world.
Pakdam Pakdai Space Attack
This film premiered on 13 May 2018. It is about Doggy Don, Cornel and the mice brothers trying to save the world from an alien monkey named Hyper Bunder. The new characters to help them are Doggy Dona and Master Goati.
Pakdam Pakdai Attack on Tokyo
This film premiered on 16 December 2018.
Awards
The show is a coproduction between Nickelodeon and Toonz India Ltd- Trivandrum and was launched in May 2013.[5] It won the "Best Animated TV Episode" award at the 2014 BAF Awards, organised by FICCI,[6] for the episode "Safari Don".[7]
References
- Pakdam Pakdai Season 2 - Episode 45, retrieved 8 March 2022
- "Chase comedy 'Pakdam Pakdai' moves from Nick to fuel Sonic's growth". 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- "Viacom18 to launch HD kids channel Nick HD+, unveils local IP 'Shiva' for Nick | TelevisionPost.com". www.televisionpost.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ""Nick Hour" on Colors Rishtey". 30 July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- "Nick launches Pakdam Pakdai- a chase comedy". Times of India. TNN. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- "Nick India's Pakdam Pakdai adjudged 'Best Animated TV Episode'". Indian Television. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- Boatwala, Zeenia. "Winners of FICCI BAF 2014 Awards Announced". Animation Xpress. Retrieved 5 June 2014.