Ayeesha Menon takes Rudyard Kipling’s family classic and gives it a darker twist, re-imagining it in the concrete jungle of present-day India. A gangland coming-of-age fable.

In Episode two, religion, politics and movies as Mo enters the lair of the tigers.

Recorded in India

CAST:

Mo - Namit Das

Tiger Khan - Rajit Kapur

Mrs Gupta - Shernaz Patel

Mr Gupta- Zafar Karachiwala

Bugs - Sukant Goel

Yuva- Abir Abrar

Kala- Shikha Talsania

Rikita- Devika Shahani

Father Carvalho - Sohrab Ardeshir

Young Kala/Rani- Preetika Chawla

Young Mo - Omkar Kulkarni

Dimple - Trisha Kale

Bobby - Alka Sharma

Varun/Boy - Ajitesh Gupta

Amma - Prerna Chawla

Raksha- Shivani Tanksale

Rafiq & Naag- Tavish Bhattacharyya

Baldeo/Tabaqui/Purun Bhagat- Vivek Madan

Akhil - Nadir Khan

Written and directed by Ayeesha Menon

Producer, Nadir Khan

Executive Producer, John Scott Dryden

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