Neel Sethi
is the boy of Indian origin, who will be portraying the role of Mowgli in “
The
Jungle Book
.” The young boy is all set to promote his film internationally. He will be on his international tour, which will be commencing from India, this month. The 12-year-old boy is marking his debut with Jungle Book. The film is directed by
Jon Favreau
. Neel Sethi states, "I have heard so many stories about the jungles of India from my maternal grandparents, who live here. I am so excited to be visiting my homeland once again. When my parents heard that I got the part to play Mowgli, they were so excited because the stories are based in India." When Jon was asked about the movie and Neel, he said, "Everything in this movie is geared toward the performance of this one kid. I've worked with enough kids to be confident in my own taste and my ability to get the performance. He was just so real. He felt right. We knew we found our Mowgli." The film will be released in India on 8th April.