Jackie Shroff to be the voice of Shere Khan in Mowgli

Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle, directed by filmmaker-actor Andy Serkis will have a global release on December 7 on Netflix. The film explores the darker side of author Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, story of a boy in an Indian forest, who grew up with animals. Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle stars Indian-American child actor Rohan Chand, Matthew Rhys and Freida Pinto, along with voice and motion capture performances from Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris and Serkis.

Shere Khan poster

The actor also marked his digital debut with a short film Khujli which released earlier this year. The audience is excited to hear Shere Khan with Jackie Shroff's voice.

Jackie Shroff has an interesting line up ahead as he will next be seen in the trilingual magnum opus project 'Saaho' starring Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor and Ali Abbas Zafar directorial 'Bharat along with Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Disha Patani.

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