However, Indian animation is still not ready for adult themes and dark and serious subjects, a concept delightfully exploited in the west. In the early seventies, American director Ralph Bakshi pioneered adult animation with films like Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic. The animated sequences in Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 film Kill Bill were violent and it didn’t go down well with middle America. But as Khurana says, “First it’s crucial for the current crop of movies to be successful in India.”