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{{Infobox television
| image = Title Screen of the show Gaju Bhai.png
| image_upright = 1.50
| alt = Title screen of the show Gaju Bhai
| alt_name = Gajju Bhai
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| genre = {{Unbulleted list|[[Action film|Action]]|[[Adventure film|Adventure]]|[[Television comedy|Comedy]]}}
| company = {{Unbulleted list|[[Toonz Animation]]|[[The Walt Disney Company India]]}}
| network = [[Disney Channel (Indian TV channel)|Disney Channel]]
| writer = {{Unbulleted list|Sandiip Paatil|Aarsh Vora}}
| music = [[Abhijeet Hegdepatil KK]]
| runtime = 22 minutes
| first_aired = {{Start_date|2016|4|18|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End_date|2018|3|24|df=yes}}
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 52
}}
'''''Gaju Bhai''''' is an Indian [[Flash animation|flash-animated]] [[television series]] produced by [[Toonz Animation]]- [[Trivandrum]], which airs on [[Disney Channel India]]. The series premiered on 18 April 2016.<ref name=mainref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/kids/disney-india-launches-gajju-bhai-with-hyundai-and-patanjali-as-sponsors-160418|title=Disney India launches 'Gajju Bhai' with Hyundai and Patanjali as sponsors|website=Indian Television|access-date=12 February 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621125146/http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/kids/disney-india-launches-gajju-bhai-with-hyundai-and-patanjali-as-sponsors-160418|archive-date=21 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhelpline.com/news-gossips/filmy-buzz/when-salman-khan-met-jollywood-s-superstar-gaju-bhai/36954|title=When Salman Khan met Jollywood's superstar Gaju Bhai|website=Bollywood Helpline|access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref>

Gaju Bhai typically follows a format of two 11-minute-long independent "segments" per episode. The show showcases the story of a Jollywood superstar Gaju Bhai and his transformation from a reel life hero to a real-life hero.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/programmes/gaju-bhai/params/tvprogramme/programmeid-30000000550164955/channelid-10000000000340000/starttime-201801221659|title=GAJU BHAI|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=12 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316072131/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/programmes/gaju-bhai/params/tvprogramme/programmeid-30000000550164955/channelid-10000000000340000/starttime-201801221659|archive-date=16 March 2018}}</ref>

==Characters==
===Main===
* '''Gaju Bhai''': Gaju Bhai is the title character of the show. He's a [[Jollywood]] superstar. He shares a strong bond of friendship with Iravan. He's an [[elephant]]. He is voiced by [[Damandeep Singh Baggan]]
* '''Iravan''': Iravan is a 10-year-old prince of Gajrajpuri. He's an [[elephant]] too.
*'''Bhagat''': Bhagat is the commander of Gajrajpuri's [[army]]. He's a strict disciplinarian and often comes off as heartless and insensitive. He is a [[tiger]].
* '''Mahaguru''': Mahaguru is always sitting in a cave and meditating. He existed since the beginning of time. He is a [[hawk]].

===Recurring===
* '''Miss Zuzee''': Miss Zuzee is a [[cat]] and a journalist who devoted her life to find out the mysteries of Gaju Bhai's life. She wanted to be an [[actress]].
* '''Shantilal''': Shantilal is a crow and Gaju Bhai's [[manager]], butler, make-up man, and [[secretary]]. He is always busy with his multiple [[mobile phones]]. He thinks and tells others that he's the one who made Gaju Bhai the superstar he is today, but only when Gaju Bhai is not around.
* '''Director''': Director is a stereotypical [[Bollywood]] director who thinks his superstar is perfect. He always sees faults in others but never in his superstar. He is a [[monkey]].

==Reception==
It was featured in the 10th Krackjack Karnival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/lifestyle/space/10th-krackerjack-karnival-concludes-on-a-high-note/|title=10th Krackerjack Karnival concludes on a high note|website=[[Asian News International]]|access-date=13 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314042339/https://www.aninews.in/news/lifestyle/space/10th-krackerjack-karnival-concludes-on-a-high-note/|archive-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>

===Accolades===
''Gaju Bhai'' won FICCI's Best Animated Frames: Character of the Year and MAAC 24FPS awards in 2017.
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Result
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2017
|Best Animated Frames Award
| New Character of the Year
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/ficcis-baf-awards-2017-winners-revealed/?doing_wp_cron=1519152073.1967771053314208984375|title=FICCI’s BAF Awards 2017 Winners Revealed|website=Animation Magazine|access-date=20 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320230413/http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/ficcis-baf-awards-2017-winners-revealed/?doing_wp_cron=1519152073.1967771053314208984375|archive-date=20 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
|MAAC 24FPS
| Best Animation TV Series
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animationxpress.com/index.php/latest-news/maac-24fps-awards-2017-full-list-of-winners|title=MAAC 24FPS awards 2017: Full list of winners|website=AnimationXpress|access-date=24 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023522/http://www.animationxpress.com/index.php/latest-news/maac-24fps-awards-2017-full-list-of-winners|archive-date=27 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Film==
A television film ''[[Apna Bhai Gaju Bhai]]'' based on the series aired on 3 July 2016.<ref name="mainref"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/When-Jollywoods-Superstar-meets-Bollywoods-superstar/articleshow/52868823.cms|title=When Jollywood’s Superstar meets Bollywood’s superstar!|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 June 2016|access-date=18 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627165056/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/When-Jollywoods-Superstar-meets-Bollywoods-superstar/articleshow/52868823.cms|archive-date=27 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://toonz.co/view?project=Gajubhai%20Feature&page_id=3|title=Gaju Bhai Feature Film|access-date=14 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315070554/http://toonz.co/view?project=Gajubhai%20Feature&page_id=3|archive-date=15 March 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Disney Channel (India) series]]
*[[List of Indian animated television series]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Disney Channel India Original Series}}
{{Children television series in India}}

[[Category:2016 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2016 animated television series debuts]]
[[Category:Indian flash animated television series]]
[[Category:Indian children's animated action television series]]
[[Category:Indian children's animated adventure television series]]
[[Category:Indian children's animated comedy television series]]
[[Category:Indian children's animated fantasy television series]]
[[Category:Anthropomorphic animal characters]]
[[Category:Disney Channel (Indian TV channel) original programming]]
[[Category:Animated television series about elephants]]
[[Category:Bollywood in fiction]]

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