The jungle is my home and I belong among the wolves, he insists. Mowgli faces many other serious threats as he resists all suggestions that he should return to the nearest man village. But can the two ever be on the same side? We have the same enemy, the latter says to Mowgli. When Mowgli ends up in the human village, where Messua (Pinto) does her best to put him at ease, his path crosses that of the hunter John Lockwood. The wounded Shere Khan, the vicious tiger who killed Mowgli's parents when he was a baby, is on the prowl, determined to make a meal out of the man-cub at the first opportunity. Mowgli himself is acutely aware of his own severe shortcomings. With Bagheera hot on his trail, he has to come out in one piece - a feat easier said than achieved. Under the tutelage of Baloo, the man-cub learns the art of survival in the jungle but when he is thrown into the 'Running' test that will decide if he will earn the right to hunt with the pack of wolves led by the ageing Akela, he inevitably falters. It features the voices of, among others, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis, Tom Hollander and Naomie Harris, besides onscreen appearances by Freida Pinto, Matthew Rhys and Indian American child actor Rohan Chand in the titular role.īaloo has prepared Mowgli for the worst but is he ready for the jungle? #Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, now streaming post shared by anilskapoor on at 1:27am PST
The star power of the Hindi version of Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle matches that of the all-star ensemble of the original international production. That film, helmed by Jon Favreau, also bowed in India in Hindi, with the likes of Irrfan Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Om Puri, Nana Patekar and Shefali Shah joining the voice cast.
Only two and half years ago, audiences were treated to Disney's live action update of the animated The Jungle Book, which the studio made nearly half a century ago. But owing to the outstanding quality of the motion capture work on show, this film possesses all the heft that it needs to get its subterranean point across. The violence in the film is occasionally too stark and startling and the protagonist's struggle to come to terms with the world of wolves while trying to make sense of his human origins assumes a disquieting quality. Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle isn't quite the kind of family viewing one expects man-cub Mowgli's adventures among a pack of wolves to be. Serkis, known for his motion capture performances in the Lord Of The Rings films and the Planet Of The Apes prequel trilogy, brings his skills in, and knowledge of, the game to bear upon the film's extraordinary CGI inputs. “Mowgli” is scheduled to release on October 19, 2018.A still from Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle (Image courtesy: YouTube)
Pinto, who recently starred in Showtime’s “Guerrilla” and Hulu’s “The Path,” joins a cast with big names such as Matthew Rhys, Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris, Benedict Cumberbatch, Christian Bale, and Andy Serkis. Chand, who previously starred in “ The Hundred-Foot Journey” and “Jumanji,” brings his A game to this role.
The film “Mowgli” is clearly trying to hit on all of these notes with a gripping, realistic tone, which is different from past experiences of viewing a movie based on Kipling’s books. As adults, Mowgli provides a fresh narrative: it’s never been just about animal behavior but is actually about the human struggles of love, abandonment, family, self-assurance, companionship, obedience, laws, loyalty, all of which come alive in the form of the jungle animals. Kipling’s short stories and fables about Mowgli have fueled our imagination as children as we read tales of his bravery and of the moral lessons he learnt thanks to the precarious situations he was always put in. Watch the new trailer for #Mowgli, starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rohan Chand and ME! #junglejunglepatachalahainĪ post shared by Freida Pinto on at 7:01am PDT It was an absolute joy to team up again with the one and only, kindest and talented human, Andy Serkis who directed this version of the book that will finally be unveiled on October 19th 2018 ( a day after my birthday.woohoo!).
I remember, I wanted to be part of this film so bad, mainly because as an Indian girl growing up in Bombay, my childhood memories were all about Sundays with The Jungle Book series in Hindi and also because Rudyard Kipling wrote this children’s favourite book in India!! I had to represent!. I am beyond thrilled to share with the world, the first official trailer of MOWGLI.