Kareena and Abhishek join ‘Mowgli’ voice cast
Indian stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff will lend their voices to characters of Netflix’s Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle for its Hindi dubbed version. Netflix announced the names of the Indian actors involved with the project in a statement on Tuesday.
Bachchan will lend his voice for Bagheera, while Kapoor Khan will be infusing life to the soft and hypnotic voice of the python Kaa.
Kapoor will be giving voice to the free-spirited bear Baloo, Dixit Nene to Nisha and Shroff to Shere Khan.
In the English version, Christian Bale has lent his voice for Bagheera and Cate Blanchett for Kaa. Director-actor Andy Serkis has lent his voice for the character of Baloo, Benedict Cumberbatch to Shere Khan. Indian-American child actor Rohan Chand will be seen as Mowgli, Matthew Rhys is Lockwood and Freida Pinto essays the role of Messua.
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle will premiere globally on Netflix on December 7. —IANS