Sanjay's Father

Sanjay's Father is a character from the 2015 Disney/Pixar animated short Sanjay's Super Team.
==Background==
===Personality===
Sanjay's father is shown to be obedient within his traditions as in worshipping the Hindu deities. At first, he became disappointed that his son Sanjay didn't want to participate in his family's cultural traditions. After Sanjay became disinterested about it, this made his father disappointed about him not following the importance of it. However, in the end, Sanjay began to understand that his family's cultural traditions are more important than his favorite TV show, making his father happy.
==Role in the short==
When Sanjay is watching his favorite TV show Super Team, his father far from the TV is attempting to meditate peacefully. He then rings his bell to get his son ready for the ritual, much to him feeling irritated that he might miss his favorite part of Super Team. Sanjay then increases the television's volume, which only irritated his father, so he then turns off the TV using the remote, prompting his son to participate in the ritual. Sanjay's father then produces a - a Hindu oil lamp containing a small brass candle within so that he and his son can get ready for the ritual. As Sanjay's father begins to pray, his son feels uncomfortable about it. Sanjay manages to grab his action figure of the Blue Flame character from Super Team without disturbing his father who is praying, but accidentally burns the cape of the action figure, causing him to end up in an ancient temple.
After Sanjay receives his blessing from Vishnu for defeating Ravana in the temple and then Sanjay finds himself back at the real world, his father approaches him, feeling disappointed of his son's lack of interests for their cultural traditions. Sanjay then begins to understand his father's traditions, just as he hands him the remote so that he could watch Super Team again. However, Sanjay shows his father a drawing of the Hindu gods, in his drawing of Super Team, surprising his father and making him happy.
==Trivia==
*Sanjay's father is inspired by Sanjay Patel's real-life father.
*According to the audio commentary included in Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3, the shrine that Sanjay's father uses had to be the exact same shape as the television that his son watches as what director Sanjay Patel stated in the audio commentary. Additionally, producer Nicole Paradis Grindle described the position of Sanjay's father on the east side of the room with little Sanjay on the western side of the room.Sanjay's Super Team Audio Commentary (Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3, 2018)
==References==
Category:Pixar characters
Category:Animated characters
Category:Adults
Category:Males
Category:Parents
Category:Indian characters