Name: The Jungle Book (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2016-04-08
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Neel Sethi, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Lupita Nyong'o

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Mowgli, a young orphan boy, is found in a basket, in the deep jungles of India by Bagheera, a black panther who takes him to Raksha, a mother wolf who has just had cubs.

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If you go to the cinema to watch a movie that will draw you into a fantasy world of wonder, Favreau’s retelling of this story – which so many of us remember from childhood – manages to weave that magic. We all know how the story plays out. With the panther Bagheera’s (Kingsley) help, Mowgli (Sethi) tries to stay away from Shere Khan. He also encounters the devious python Kaa (Johansson), a super-sized orangutan with a soul-singer’s baritone named King Louie (Walken) desperate to obtain the ‘red flower’( which is fire) and of course, Baloo the grizzly bear (Murray). These are the key characters, but you’ll also be delighted to discover a few new entrants along the way as well. It all builds on the charm of the 1967 film, which by itself is a must watch for any child.
While Sethi is of course, the only real person in here, all the animals have a fantastic degree of photorealism. And Sethi’s interaction with the animals throughout the duration of the movie, given that they are CGI, is completely convincing. He combines innocence and warmth with the survival skills and resourcefulness of someone far older.
While Favreau is faithful to the old elements, (old songs like Bare Necessities included, of course) he also brings in a few new subtle touches as well in order to keep things interesting. While the King Louie scene is one of the many high points, Kaa’s screen time could have been lengthened a bit, though. Nonetheless, the performance of the voice cast is spot-on. But more than anything, the intricate landscaping, masterful camerawork and environment (actually filmed in Downtown Los Angeles) create a delightfully immersive experience. Heartwarming and enjoyable.

Favreau's film has Neel Sethi as protagonist Mowgli, who is raised by a pack of wolves. This man-cub is liked by most jungle-residents, apart from one Shere Khan (Idris Elba). Khan the tiger wants Mowgli dead. His belief that no man can be good is as strong as cast in stone, and Khan will stop at nothing to kill Mowgli. In this fight between man and beast, Mowgli is aided by the black panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley), and the bear Baloo (Bill Murray). There's the hypnotising, seductive python Kaa (Scarlett Johansson) to be taken care of, and the quest of the all-devastating 'red flower' (fire) to accomplish too.
Neel Sethi breathes life into his Mowgli in an inimitable manner. The boy jumps and runs and mouths dialogues with an impressive agility. While this Mowgli climbs creepers and breaks into bee-hives with ease, the average Indian audience will find his/her heart pining for the animated one of the good ol' Doordarshan days.

Idris Elba's thundering voice from within Shere Khan is largely responsible for the occasional shudders in this jungle tale. Ben Kingsley and Bill Murray as the loyal guardians Bagheera and Baloo respectively are endearing in parts and suitably strict in others. Lupita Nyong'o lends the necessary emotions to her Raksha, Mowgli's wolf-mother. It is Scarlett Johansson's Kaa who needed some more screen-time.
Jon Favreau's direction provides an apt staff to Justin Marks's story, supporting it and helping transport viewers into the jungle. The Jungle Book is quite faithful to the 1967 original, and borrows from and stays true to Kipling's original works.

The film wins in its technical aspects and how! The live-action re-imagining of The Jungle Book is achieved brilliantly. Thanks to the technical flawlessness, the jungle is a living, breathing, menacing being in this story. Mowgli's world is tantalising, but there are those odd moments when you need to strain your eyes to see exactly what is happening. Most of the action in The Jungle Book happens during the night, and while that serves the purpose of imparting that mystery to the forest, it also hampers the attention of the viewer.Favreau's rendition of the book might demand a lot of patience, but it makes up for that in its CGI and 3D photography. The director, along with his team of technicians, does a fabulous job of creating a world where even the adult can lose himself/herself in. The technical wizardry is of that level.

However, for an Indian in his/her late-20s/early-30s, The Jungle Book is synonymous with the Doordarshan Mowgli. That series of 52 episodes, with animated creatures of the jungle mouthing stories of nature and animals will forever be the winner, no matter how many Jungle Book-adaptations follow.
John Debney's versions of the songs from the 1967 Jungle Book blend into the story seamlessly. Bare Necessities, I Wanna Be Like You and Trust In Me are all reminiscent of their respective originals.

In all, take a trip to the jungle this week. Let Mowgli hold your hand and take you back to childhood.

The slushy escape from a mad tiger and a landslide, astride a water buffalo, is worth a Revenant. The slouch atop a branch where a child, a panther and a bear hang out together, into the sunset, is worth a Lion King. The destruction wrought by an angry giant monkey is worth a King Kong. The heartbreak of a goodbye between friends is worth a Finding Nemo. The Shere Khan will haunt your sleep, the Baloo cheer up your day, and the Mowgli will make every child, and adult, want to walk swinging those arms just a bit.

This is The Jungle Book reinvented for 2016, by a director who knows just how to mix the heavy blows with the light touch. It’s a little more reminiscent of the jungle and the book than the 1967 Disney classic, a lot, lot darker, and yet, ultimately, as exuberant, with a surprisingly strong and novel message at its heart, in a story that already didn’t lack them.

In his second narrative feature as director after 2017's Breathe, actor Andy Serkis takes Rudyard Kipling stories that generations of children have grown up on and crafts an unrelentingly dark, grim story about fighting brutality, warding off fear, countering greed for power and stopping the perpetual man-animal conflict. In the bargain, he puts Mowgli's coming-of-age tale well beyond the ken of pre-teens.

Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle is aimed at a mellower audience, young adults and grown-ups alike, given the gravity of the themes it takes up. The fact that it adapts the timeless tales for a time far more fractious than the late 19th century, when The Jungle Book was published, only adds a new layer to their appeal.
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: 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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

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. 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.
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. With Bagheera hot on his trail, he has to come out in one piece - a feat easier said than achieved. Mowgli himself is acutely aware of his own severe shortcomings.

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. 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. We have the same enemy, the latter says to Mowgli. But can the two ever be on the same side?

Mowgli faces many other serious threats as he resists all suggestions that he should return to the nearest man village. The jungle is my home and I belong among the wolves, he insists. But as Kaa reminds him, he is neither fully human nor fully animal. His 'otherness' is his principal weakness, a predicament that he shares with the little albino wolf Bhoot, a weakling desperate to form a bond with him. In a world, and in an era, where the powerful prey on the vulnerable and single out those that are different for subjugation, Mowgli's plight acquires a sinister edge.
Similarly, Serkis situates the conflict sparked by human encroachment and the resultant shrinking of the jungle in the context of the urgent need for balance and conservation. But the established laws of the jungle that are loaded in favour of the strongest and the fittest assert their might on all else in a continuing process of elimination and inclusion that is aimed at establishing peace.

THE JUNGLE BOOK | Trailer 2 | Official Disney UK

Sir Ben Kingsley is an English actor. He has received accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. 

Ben Kingsley

William James Murray is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his deadpan delivery. He rose to fame on The National Lampoon Radio Hour before becoming a national presence on Saturday Night Live from 1977 to 1980, where he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. 

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Honored with the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Idris Elba is an English actor, producer and musician. In 1988, he won a place in the National Youth Music Theatre and also started to work as a DJ under the alias Big Driis. He is best known for movies like the Thor franchise, Pacific Rim and for playing the lead in the biographical film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. He has also voiced major characters in animated Disney films like Finding Dory, Zootopia and The Jungle Book. He was named as one of the Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine.

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Scarlett Johansson is an American actress and singer known for her distinct husky voice. She made her film debut with the 1994 fantasy comedy North.  However, the films that attracted wider attention to her acting skills include The Horse Whisperer, Girl With A Pearl Earring and Match Point. She has been appearing as Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and lent her voice for the character of Kaa in Disney’s live-action remake of The Jungle Book. Though she released her first music album in the year 2008, she had previously sang for Unexpected Dreams – Songs From the Stars, a non-profit collection of songs recorded by Hollywood actors and performed with the Jesus and Mary Chain for a Coachella reunion show in California.

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An Academy Award winner, Lupita Nyong'o is a Kenyan-Mexican actress best known for her movies like 12 Years A Slave and Star Wars. Before making her acting debut with a short film, Nyong’o got her acting degree from Yale School of Drama. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Film and Theater studies from Hampshire College. Her theater performances have constantly earned her critical acclaim. In 2016, she lent her voice for Raksha, the mother wolf in Disney’s live-action remake of The Jungle Book.

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