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. In Episode three, showbiz, stunts and speeding trains as Mo goes behind the silver screen. Recorded in India CAST:Mo - Namit DasTiger Khan - Rajit KapurMrs Gupta - Shernaz PatelMr Gupta- Zafar KarachiwalaBugs - Sukant Goel  Yuva- Abir AbrarKala- Shikha TalsaniaRikita- Devika ShahaniFather Carvalho - Sohrab ArdeshirYoung Kala/Rani- Preetika ChawlaYoung Mo - Omkar KulkarniDimple - Trisha KaleBobby - Alka SharmaVarun/Boy - Ajitesh GuptaAmma - Prerna ChawlaRaksha- Shivani TanksaleRafiq &amp; Naag- Tavish BhattacharyyaBaldeo/Tabaqui/Purun Bhagat- Vivek MadanAkhil - Nadir Khan Written and directed by Ayeesha MenonProducer, Nadir KhanExecutive Producer, John Scott Dryden 

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Our special re-telling of Rudyard Kipling's classic novel "The Jungle Book". Re-imagined in the urban Jungle of Mumbai, Mo must find his way to happiness amongst the thieves beggars and vagabonds.


        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.


In Episode three, showbiz, stunts and speeding trains as Mo goes behind the silver screen.



Recorded in India



CAST:

Mo - Namit Das

Tiger Khan - Rajit Kapur

Mrs Gupta - Shernaz Patel

Mr Gupta- Zafar Karachiwala

Bugs - Sukant Goel  

Yuva- Abir Abrar

Kala- Shikha Talsania

Rikita- Devika Shahani

Father Carvalho - Sohrab Ardeshir

Young Kala/Rani- Preetika Chawla

Young Mo - Omkar Kulkarni

Dimple - Trisha Kale

Bobby - Alka Sharma

Varun/Boy - Ajitesh Gupta

Amma - Prerna Chawla

Raksha- Shivani Tanksale

Rafiq &amp; Naag- Tavish Bhattacharyya

Baldeo/Tabaqui/Purun Bhagat- Vivek Madan

Akhil - Nadir Khan





Written and directed by Ayeesha Menon

Producer, Nadir Khan

Executive Producer, John Scott Dryden
      

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11.3 Jungle Book "Mongoose"

11.3 Jungle Book "Mongoose"

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