Mowgli is a "man cub" that was raised by the Seeonee wolf pack and main character throughout numerous adaptations of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. He's played by Rohan Chand in 2018 film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle.
Background[]
Biography[]
Mowgli was lost by his parents in the Indian jungle as a baby. Bagheera (the black panther) befriended Mowgli, partly because Mowgli, being a human, had the power of dominion over beasts: Bagheera could not withstand Mowgli's gaze. Also, as Bagheera often mentioned, he was "raised in the King's cages at Oodeypore from a cub, and thus knew the ways of man. Baloo the bear, teacher of wolves, had the thankless task of educating Mowgli in The Law of the Jungle. Shere Khan continued to regard Mowgli as fair game, but eventually Mowgli found a weapon he could use against the tiger — fire. After driving off Shere Khan, Mowgli went to a human village where he was adopted by Meshua and her husband whose own son Nathoo was also taken by a tiger. It is uncertain if Mowgli was in reality the returned Nathoo or not. while Meshua would like to believe that her son has returned, she herself realised that this was unlikely.
While herding buffalo for the village Mowgli learns that the tiger was still planning to kill him, so with the aid of two wolves he trapped Shere Khan in a ravine, where the buffalo trampled him. The tiger died and Mowgli sets to skin him. Seeing this, a jealous hunter goaded the villagers into persecuting Mowgli and his adopted parents as witches. Mowgli ran back to the jungle with Shere Khan's hide but soon learns that the villagers were planning to kill Meshua and her husband, so he rescued them and sent elephant's, buffalo and other animals to trample the village and its fields to the ground.
In later years Mowgli found and then discarded an ancient treasure, not realizing that men would kill to own it; and with the aid of Kaa the python he lead the wolves in a war against the dhole (red dogs).
Finally, Mowgli stumbled across the village where his adopted human mother (Messua), was living, which made him realize that he must come to terms with his humanity and decide whether to rejoin his fellow humans.
Physical Appearance[]
Mowgli is a handsome preteen slender boy with dusky skin, brown eyes, thick black eyebrows and wild untidy black hair that covers his forehead, ears and reaches his neck. In both films he is half-naked, wearing only a red langot made of cotton.
Personality[]
Mowgli often is depicted as a energetic child with high respect for the jungle law taught to him by Baloo and Bagheera. Depending on the adaptation, Mowgli is overly-curious and adventurous, and very brave in the face of danger.
Role in the film[]
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle[]
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