Scar (The Lion King) "handle[s] all of the dramatic heavy lifting." Even film critics who generally disliked the film tended to enjoy Scar's characterization and Irons's performance. Terrence Rafferty of "The New Yorker" wrote, "Among the celebrity voices on the soundtrack, two performances stand out," namely, "Jeremy Irons, as the villainous lion Scar" who "does an elegant, funny George Sanders impersonation." (Sanders himself had voiced Shere Khan for Disney in their 1967 version of "The Jungle Book"). Stephen Hunter of "The Baltimore Sun "described Irons's voice as "plummy-rich with rancid irony." Television Without Pitys Ethan Alter admitted to enjoying Scar, praising the character as
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle the jungle, where he slays the dying Shere Khan. Mowgli is re-accepted as a member of the jungle. Kaa goes on to say that Mowgli gave the jungle a voice, and that as long as he lived and watched over it, there was lasting peace. There is a Hindi dubbed version, targeting Indian audience where voice and motion capture cast includes Abhishek Bachchan as Bagheera, Jackie Shroff as Shere Khan, Kareena Kapoor as Kaa, Vicky Kaushal as Tabaqui, Anil Kapoor as Baloo, Shashank Arora as Akela, Madhuri Dixit as Nisha and Pavan Malhotra as Vihaan A number of writers, directors,