MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation will produce its first Bollywood-style animated film, the studio has announced. The film will be produced by Lisa Stewart and Chris Chase.

The animated musical, in which two monkeys become unlikely heroes and save the world from an ancient demon, will be written by Gurinder Chadha and Paul Berges, who collaborated on Bend It Like Beckham.

It will be directed by Kevin Lima, who had earlier directed films including A Goofy Movie, Tarzan, 102 Dalmatians and Enchanted.

The film is the studio‘s first attempt to learn from Bollywood its distinctive style of filming with glamorous dancing and singing scenes.