Bagheera Bagheera Bagheera (; "Baghīrā"/"Bagīdah") is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in the "Jungle Book" (coll. 1894) and the "Second Jungle Book" (coll. 1895). He is a black panther (melanistic Indian leopard) who serves as friend, protector and mentor to the "man-cub" Mowgli. The word "bagheera" is Hindi/Urdu for black panther-- although the root word bagh means tiger. Born in captivity in the menagerie of the Raja of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Bagheera begins to plan for his freedom after his mother dies. Once he is mature and strong enough, he breaks the lock on his cage and escapes
The Jungle Book (soundtrack) by the RIAA, and was later nominated for an Grammy Award for Best Album for Children. Another version, simply titled "The Jungle Book", was issued on the Buena Vista Records label, featuring less narration and dialogue to be marketed for adults. It was first reissued on CD in 1990, as Disneyland Records was reworked into Walt Disney Records. Disneyland Records issued another soundtrack album in 1967, "Songs from Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book and other Jungle Favorites", which featured reworked jazz versions of the film's songs plus two covers, performed by Louis Prima and his band under the title "The