11.1 Jungle Book "Wolves"

JUL 22, 202430 MIN
Mumbai Crime

11.1 Jungle Book "Wolves"

JUL 22, 202430 MIN

Description

<p>Ayeesha Menon takes Rudyard Kipling’s family classic and gives it a darker twist, re-imagining it in the concrete jungle of present-day India. A gangland coming-of-age fable.<br><br></p><p>Mowgli, the orphan boy at the centre of the story, is being brought up by "the Wolves", a gang of petty criminals in a tenement block in Mumbai and quickly learns how to survive in that world. But when the villainous politician, Tiger Khan threatens Mowgli's life, two residents of the tenement block, "black panther" Bagheera and the "bear" Baloo, offer to help him escape and he embarks on a journey of self-discovery through the city, meeting "creatures" along the way who don't always have his best interests at heart. </p><p><br></p><p>Recorded in India</p><p><br></p><p>CAST:</p><p>Mo - Namit Das</p><p>Tiger Khan - Rajit Kapur</p><p>Mrs Gupta - Shernaz Patel</p><p>Mr Gupta- Zafar Karachiwala</p><p>Bugs - Sukant Goel  </p><p>Yuva- Abir Abrar</p><p>Kala- Shikha Talsania</p><p>Rikita- Devika Shahani</p><p>Father Carvalho - Sohrab Ardeshir</p><p>Young Kala/Rani- Preetika Chawla</p><p>Young Mo - Omkar Kulkarni</p><p>Dimple - Trisha Kale</p><p>Bobby - Alka Sharma</p><p>Varun/Boy - Ajitesh Gupta</p><p>Amma - Prerna Chawla</p><p>Raksha- Shivani Tanksale</p><p>Rafiq &amp; Naag- Tavish Bhattacharyya</p><p>Baldeo/Tabaqui/Purun Bhagat- Vivek Madan</p><p>Akhil - Nadir Khan</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Written and directed by Ayeesha Menon</p><p>Producer, Nadir Khan</p><p>Executive Producer, John Scott Dryden</p><p><br></p>