Mowgli: Anil Kapoor's Casting as Baloo Gets a Very 'Hairy' Response From Twitterati - Read Tweets

In a quite interesting move, Netflix India has hired some very popular names in the Bollywood industry to dub for the Hindi version of their upcoming film, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. Directed by the mo-cap master Andy Serkis, Mowgli is a far darker take on Rudyard Kipling's popular book, The Jungle Book, unlike the live-action adaptation by Jon Favreau that came out in 2016. For the Hollywood version, Serkis has managed to rope in a fine voice-cast comprising of Benedict Cumberbatch (Shere Khan), Christian Bale (Bagheera), Naomie Harris (Nisha), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Hathi), Peter Mullan (Akeyla) and Cate Blanchett (Kaa), while Serkis himself is Baloo. Rohan Chand plays Mowgli. Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle Trailer – Netflix to Start Streaming Andy Serkis’ Take On the Jungle Book on December 7 – Watch Video.

For the Hindi version, we have Anil Kapoor as Baloo, Abhishek Bachchan as Bagheera, Kareena Kapoor Khan as Kaa, Madhuri Dixit as Nisha and Jackie Shroff as Shere Khan. Out of which, Anil Kapoor's casting as the bear Baloo has got some wide-eyed response from certain Twitter users. Madhuri Dixit And Anil Kapoor to Reunite On Screen For Netflix India’s Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle; Kareena Kapoor Khan Also Joins The Cast.

Bringing the 'bear necessities' to Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Baloo, the tenacious mentor. On @NetflixIndia, Dec 7 pic.twitter.com/730bpTTUkL

— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) November 20, 2018

Of course, the trolling started because Twitter users felt that casting is quite perfect due to Anil Kapoor's errr... now-famous hairy body. Well, remember jokes like these that used to flood Twitter once?

Game of Thrones ki kahani Anil kapoor ki chaathi ke baal’on se zyada uljhi hui hai, BC samaj kaise letey ho ? pic.twitter.com/sk8fpqTjav

— Êmroz (@EmrozSyed) November 1, 2018

Well, they are back now as innuendoes. Check out some of the reactions on Anil Kapoor's casting as Baloo.

Tweet #1

Perfect casting doesn't exis...https://t.co/iTFn8K1H0l

— Don Tippler (@MrTippler) November 20, 2018

Tweet #2

Easiest yet perfect casting... https://t.co/OUQ2EnIQ2I

— Devendra (@deven_zip) November 20, 2018

Tweet #3

At first, i thought it was some parody account joking its for real....Hairy saab as bhalu https://t.co/eAEQFthEQX

— Rahul (@Thalaiva_Rahul) November 20, 2018

Tweet #4

Anil ki bhaaloo casting, makeup cost bachane k liye ki hogi

— Nimish Garg (@nimishgarg) November 20, 2018

Baloo k shanshah baloo ko aawaj denge. https://t.co/cQbM08Dskq

— Pratik Tijare (@tijare_pratik) November 20, 2018

Tweet #5

Jyada baal hone ke bhi apne hi faayde hain 😁 #Baloo @AnilKapoor #Mowgli pic.twitter.com/362iP9bvkM

— Currly Desires (@md_asif0717) November 20, 2018

This tweet explains the casting brilliance of its three major stars!

The casting for this Hindi dub couldn't have been an accident, right? Netflix has got:

- Madhuri Dixit playing a character called "Nisha" (like in Hum Aapke Hai Koun)

- Jackie Shroff playing Tiger.

AND

- Anil Kapoor playing a bear... https://t.co/1TexkaY0Pk

— Sahil Rizwan (@SahilRiz) November 20, 2018

Say what you want, but for us, Anil Kapoor's casting in Mowgli as the honey-stealing bear is quite jhakaas! Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle will stream on Netflix on December 7.

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