The Jungle Book (franchise) as Baloo, Ben Kingsley as Bagheera, Idris Elba as Shere Khan, Scarlett Johansson as Kaa, Lupita Nyong'o as Raksha, Giancarlo Esposito as Akela, and Christopher Walken as King Louie. The film was released on April 15, 2016 to critical acclaim. After a fierce tiger threatens his life, Mowgli, an orphan boy raised by wolves, leaves his jungle home and, guided by a stern panther and a free-spirited bear, sets out on a journey of self-discovery. Following the film's early financial and critical successes, the studio has begun work on a sequel film. Favreau is reported to return as director, while
The Black Panther of Sivanipalli and Other Adventures of the Indian Jungle fight the bison had with a tiger. The Maned Tiger of Chordi A tiger with an outstanding ruff of hair around his neck turns man-eater, and Anderson recounts his experiences tracking the killer over a period of 5 years. The Maneater of Pegepalyam Anderson visits Pegepalyam where he makes the connection of a reported man-eater to be the same tiger who started as just a mauler in his earlier story, 'The Mauler of Rajnagara' (published in his previous book 'Man Eaters and Jungle Killers'). Anderson again fails to kill the man-eater, though the tale concludes in his fourth book 'The