MUMBAI: Going by the great response that Reliance Entertainment‘s animation film Krishna Aur Kans has been garnering, developer and publisher of mobile games Jumps Games has collaborated with Reliance Animation to launch the official mobile game based on the film. It releases on the auspices day of Janmashtami on Friday.

"I‘m sure this Janmashtami, casual gamers of all ages across India will enjoy enacting Krishna via the mobile game," Reliance Animation CEO Ashish Kulkarni, said in a statement.

"Krishna Aur Kans revisits one of the greatest stories ever told - the story of Krishna, the naughty prankster who emerges as the greatest saviour. While developing the movie and the game, we have given special attention to adhere to Indian sensibilities towards our heritage characters," he added.

The launch of the game was deliberately planned around Janmashtami, says Chaitanya Prabhu, Jump Games, India‘s business head. We wanted to participate in the celebration of Janmashtami by creating a game based on Krishna, and this movie gives us a perfect platform to engage with the casual gamers across markets," he added.

The Krishna Aur Kans game will be available on all leading mobile platforms like Android, Blackberry and Symbian, across all the leading mobile operators.