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Mowgli: The Legend of the Jungle begins streaming on Netflix on December 7. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)Netflixs film adaptation of Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle had its world premiere in Mumbai on Sunday. The grand event saw the presence of celebrities from both Hollywood and Bollywood like Andy Serkis, Christian Bale and Freida Pinto who have voiced the role of Baloo, Bagheera and Messua, respectively, in the film. The Hindi voice cast members including Abhishek Bachchan (Bagheera), Anil Kapoor (Baloo), Kareena Kapoor (Kaa), and Madhuri Dixit (Nisha) were present too.
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle is a darker adaptation of the classic novel and Serkis claims it is tonally closer to the book (thats why a little darker) as opposed to the more cheery live-action film by Disney released in 2016. It is jointly produced by Warner Bros and Serkis company The Imaginarium.
Andy Serkis has also directed Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Abhishek Bachchan poses for photographers. He is voicing the character of Bagheera in the Hindi dubbed version of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Christian Bale, who has been to India before to shoot a few scenes for The Dark Knight Rises, has given his voice to Bagheera in the original English version of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Anil Kapoor voices Baloo in the Hindi dubbed version of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. Serkis does the honours in the original version. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Slumdog Millionaire actor Frieda Pinto plays a village woman called Messua in the film who adopts Mowgli, thinking that it is her long-lost son. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Madhuri Dixit is voicing wolf-mother Nisha in Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Kareena Kapoor is the voice of enchanting Indian python, Kaa. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Radhika Apte, a regular in India based Netflix originals, was also present at the premiere of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Manav Kaul, who starred in Netflixs Ghoul, attended the premiere of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. (Photo: Varinder Chawla) [contf] [contfnew] 
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