Tom and Jerry was his respite every summer vacation when he visited Kerala. “I grew up in the UAE. My parents never allowed us to watch TV,” he recalls.

This is indeed a never-ending war. One that no one in the world would want to stop. One that everyone can chuckle over. It’s been 85 years since the first episode of Tom & Jerry was launched.

EXCLUSIVE: Rashida Jones, Will McCormack and Michael Govier have been set to write Tom and Jerry, a feature that will be made under Bill Damaschke’s Warner Bros Pictures Animation. They will be ...