

He had once shared in an interview that when he did the TV series, he was paid merely Rs 3000-5000 but those were different times. Nana reprised his role as Sher Khan and it felt like a time capsule for all 90s kids.
#MOWGLI HINDI SERIAL MOVIE#
The live action animation was a spectacle but what attracted the Indian viewers more towards the movie were its Hindi language voice actors. The release of Jon Favreau’s film The Jungle Book in 2016 refreshed our childhood memories in many ways.
#MOWGLI HINDI SERIAL SERIES#
Over the years, the series was telecast many times over and with every broadcast, it gained more and more fans. Nana retained the poise of a tiger but he made sure that he was quite intimidating as well and this worked wonders for the villainous character. The little boy was loved by all in the jungle but he was a sore in Sher Khan’s eyes. Sher Khan was the arch-nemesis of Mowgli. This is probably the reason that we still cheer for him, and we saw an example of the same in Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal Again recently. He was wonderful at the movies but Nana Patekar found a loyal audience in the young adults as well. It was during the same time that Nana appeared in films like Tirangaa and Krantiveer. Since this was an animated series, it rested completely on the shoulders of the actors who voiced the characters and with Nana’s trusted shoulders, this was bound to be loved.īy the time this series came on Doordarshan, Nana Patekar had appeared in popular films like Prahaar: The Final Attack and Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman.

Nana’s Sher Khan was majestic and rough at the same time. His baritone had a lot of gravitas and authority, after all, it was voiced by Nana Patekar.
