The Jungle Book (1967 film) lines "didn't feel natural". After Harris was cast, Disneyland Records president Jimmy Johnson suggested Disney to get Louis Prima as King Louie, as he "felt that Louis would be great as foil". Walt also cast other prominent actors such as George Sanders as Shere Khan and Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera. Additionally, he cast regular Disney voices such as Sterling Holloway as Kaa, J. Pat O'Malley as Colonel Hathi and Buzzie the Vulture and Verna Felton as Hathi's wife. This was her last film before she died. David Bailey was originally cast as Mowgli, but his voice changed during production, leading
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,