Irrfan Khan, Nana Patekar, Om Puri, Priyanka Chopra and, Shefali Shah will lend their voices to the Hindi version of Disney's upcoming American release 'The Jungle Book'. A re-imagination of Walt Disney's 1967 animated movie of the same name, it stars Indian-American Neel Sethi as Mowgli.
The English version features the voice of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken. Priyanka will voice Kaa, the python, who is originally voiced by Johansson. Irrfan will lend his voice to Baloo, the bear, and Shefali will dub for Raksha, the wolf. Om Puri voice Bagheera, the panther. Nana had dubbed for Shere Khan in the early 90s, in the animated series 'Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli', that had aired on Doordarshan. He will again play the same voice.
“The Jungle Book is so very special to India, and we want our audience enjoy Disney’s all-new live-action adaptation. We wanted nothing but the best for the Hindi version of the film. We are so excited to have such veterans and A list actors come together to voice and bring alive these beloved characters making it like a hi scale Hindi film,” said Amrita Pandey, Vice-President, Studios, Disney India.
