No CGI Needed: Twitter on Anil Kapoor Playing Mowgli’s Baloo

Anil Kapoor’s all set to play Baloo in Netflix India’s latest Mogli: Legends of the Jungle.

(Photo: Twitter/Altered by The Quint) 

Anil Kapoor is playing Baloo in Netflix India’s latest, Mogli: Legend of the Jungle. As the news around, it seems Twitter couldn’t help but crack jokes and Anil Kapoor has been uber cool and retweeted some of these.

Anil Kapoor tweeted saying:

Bringing the ‘bear necessities’ to Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Baloo, the tenacious mentor. 

The Bear Life!

Anil Baloo Kapoor?

Or, Anil ‘Sassy’ Kapoor?

Netflix has also roped in other Bollywood biggies, Abhishek Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor and Jackie Shroff for their original film, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle which is hitting the streaming service on 7 December.

"So happy to be a part of a story I have loved all my life. He is ready to do whatever it takes to keep Mowgli alive. Wait for Bagheera in Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle on Netflix India on December 7," Abhishek Bachchan tweeted.

"Ferocious when provoked, especially when it comes to her man cub! Nisha brings the motherly instinct alive in Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle. So excited to be the voice behind Nisha," Madhuri Dixit wrote about her part in the film.