

In the hope of finding his father, Jumbo sets out to the camp, and manages to find a tent that houses the royal elephant of that army aka Bakhtavar Singh ( Gulshan Grover). One night he learns that an army of Shauryagarh has entered the jungle, and they plan an overnight stay. Tired of being teased about his father's cowardice in some war, he confronts his mom again, who somehow manages to rubbish the topic. Occasionally he would be confronted by the other elephants of the herd, who would bully him on the history of his father. He is a happy go lucky elephant, who loves to play with the other animals of the jungle. His mother never reveals any details of his father, and neither do the rest of the elephants in the herd. The other members of the herd ask who thought of this name and in a parallel a battle between Shauryagarh and Shakti Nagar where Jumbo's father, Yudhveer Singh is currently fighting in.

The story starts with Devi ( Dimple Kapadia) naming her son as Jayveer Singh aka Jumbo (Ashar Shaikh) in a jungle in the Shakti Nagar kingdom on the border of India and China.

Akshay then narrates the story of Jumbo from his childhood. The kid asks him why he is saying "everything's gonna be alright". The movie starts with Akshay Kumar singing the song "Everything's Gonna Be All Right" which is shown by him to a kid (Purav Bhandare) in the theatre. Kumar was reportedly paid ₹9 crore (US$1 million) for the dubbing and two promotional songs. In 2011 A direct to DVD sequel titled Jumbo 2: The Return of the Big Elephant was released. Jumbo was released worldwide on Christmas Day 2008, but performed poorly at the box office, grossing ₹3.45 crore (US$452,759) Worldwide. The film was dubbed and released in Hindi and the creative direction on the Hindi film was by Mayur Puri. The film is an official remake/ redubbing of the 2006 Thai film Khan Kluay, which is itself based on "Chao Praya Prab Hongsawadee" by Ariya Jintapanichkarn. Jumbo a little elephant which tries to find his Father and the journey of finding his father made him a war elephant. Jumbo is a 2008 Bollywood animation film directed by Kompin Kemgumnird, produced by Percept Picture Company and features the voices of Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Dimple Kapadia, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Gulshan Grover, and Yuvraj Singh.
