'The Jungle Book' Makers Wanted Irrfan Khan To Lend His Voice To Shere Khan

Irrfan Khan, who had lent his voice to Baloo the bear in recently released The Jungle Book, won everyone's hearts with his Punjabi accent, but did you know that Khan was initially offered another character to lend his voice to?

Yes, you read it right! Irrfan admitted recently that the makers wanted him to lend his voice to the antagonist Shere Khan, the Royal Bengal tiger, who wants to prey on Mowgli, but Irrfan decided to lend his voice to Baloo instead after watching the film. Following this, Nana Patekar was chosen to lend his impressive baritone for Shere Khan.

The Jungle Book had also featured voices of Priyanka Chopra, Om Puri and Shefali Shah.