- published: 23 Mar 2016
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Shere Khan is a fictional tiger who appears in two of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book stories featuring Mowgli and their adaptations. The word Shere translates as "tiger" in Urdu/Hindi/Punjabi, and Khan translates as "sovereign," "king", or "military leader" and so forth in a number of languages influenced by the Mongols, including Pashto. Shere Khan should be pronounced "Skere Khan" according to one of Rudyard Kipling's notes, though in film adaptations his name has always been pronounced as it is written.
Despite being born with a crippled leg and derisively nicknamed Lungri (The Lame One) by his own mother, Shere Khan is arrogant and regards himself as the rightful lord of the jungle. It seems, however, that the only creature who looks up to him is Tabaqui, the cowardly, despised golden jackal.
In "Mowgli's Brothers", Shere Khan's failed attempt to hunt humans causes a human "cub" to stray from his parents. By the time Shere Khan catches up with the infant it has already been adopted by the Indian wolves Raksha and Father Wolf, who have named the child Mowgli. Despite Shere Khan's bluster, Mowgli is accepted into Akela's wolf pack and protected by Bagheera and Baloo. Furious at losing his kill, the tiger swears that the boy will be his some day.
Actors: Joel McNeely (composer), Jim Cummings (actor), Rudyard Kipling (writer), Jeff Bennett (actor), Jim Cummings (actor), John Rhys-Davies (actor), Mae Whitman (actress), Phil Collins (actor), Brian Cummings (actor), Haley Joel Osment (actor), John Goodman (actor), Jess Harnell (actor), Tony Jay (actor), David Cowgill (miscellaneous crew), Jim Cummings (actor),
Plot: Jungle boy Mowgli (voiced by Osment) decides to forsake civilized village life for the "bare necessities" of the wild with his old friends. However, the evil tiger Shere Khan is looking for a little payback after Mowgli's last adventure. Trouble's a-brewing!
Keywords: based-on-novel, bear, cartoon-tiger, disney-animated-feature, disobedience, elephant, falling-from-height, father-son-relationship, fruit, gongActors: Anatoliy Papanov (actor), Oleg Vidov (actor), Rudyard Kipling (writer), Sergei Martinson (actor), Lyusyena Ovchinnikova (actress), Lyubov Georgieva (editor), Yuriy Puzyryov (actor), Yuriy Khrzhanovskiy (actor), Sofiya Gubajdulina (composer), Lyudmila Kasatkina (actress), Stepan Bubnov (actor), Roman Davydov (director), Leonid Belokurov (writer), Lev Lyubetskiy (actor), Vladimir Ushakov (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family,Actors: Sergei Martinson (actor), Anatoliy Papanov (actor), Rudyard Kipling (writer), Sofiya Gubajdulina (composer), Lyudmila Kasatkina (actress), Roman Davydov (director), Leonid Belokurov (writer), Aleksandr Nazarov (actor), Lev Shabarin (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Short,Actors: Rudyard Kipling (writer), Anatoliy Papanov (actor), Sergei Martinson (actor), Lyubov Georgieva (editor), Yuriy Puzyryov (actor), Arkadiy Snesarev (miscellaneous crew), Sofiya Gubajdulina (composer), Roman Davydov (director), Leonid Belokurov (writer), Vladimir Ushakov (actor), Lev Shabarin (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Short,Actors: Sergei Martinson (actor), Rudyard Kipling (writer), Anatoliy Papanov (actor), Lyubov Georgieva (editor), Yuriy Khrzhanovskiy (actor), Arkadiy Snesarev (miscellaneous crew), Sofiya Gubajdulina (composer), Lyudmila Kasatkina (actress), Stepan Bubnov (actor), Roman Davydov (director), Leonid Belokurov (writer), Lev Lyubetskiy (actor), Vladimir Ushakov (actor), Lev Shabarin (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Short,Actors: Sergei Martinson (actor), Rudyard Kipling (writer), Anatoliy Papanov (actor), Lyusyena Ovchinnikova (actress), Lyubov Georgieva (editor), Arkadiy Snesarev (miscellaneous crew), Sofiya Gubajdulina (composer), Lyudmila Kasatkina (actress), Roman Davydov (director), Stepan Bubnov (actor), Leonid Belokurov (writer), Lev Lyubetskiy (actor), Aleksandr Nazarov (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Short,