Shanti learns that Mowgli told Baloo to scare her, and she gets angry at him and runs away with Ranjan. Baloo finds them and scares Shanti but gets caught in the vines and punched in the nose by Shanti's fist. They soon find Mowgli sadly sitting in a tree, and when he sees Shanti, he falls into some vines and gets tangled. Shanti and Ranjan are still looking for Mowgli, then get lost in the jungle. Soon, Bagheera figures out that Mowgli had escaped the Man Village with Baloo when the villagers are in the jungle, calling for Mowgli, and he tries to find him. Mowgli enjoys the jungle as he used to and tells Baloo about his life in the Man Village and Shanti. Ranjan soon scares Kaa from behind and causes Kaa to fall off a nearby cliff and into a coconut tree, and Shanti and Ranjan soon leave. While Ranjan keeps hitting Kaa, Shanti grabs him to get away from the snake. The weight of the rock makes his coils fall on top of him. Ranjan starts beating Kaa with a stick, and Kaa ends up accidentally swallowing a large rock. He manages to subdue her with his hypnotic stare, which causes her hands to hang loosely at her sides, and to not be able to look away, until Ranjan comes forward and pulls Shanti away in time, releasing her from Kaa's trance. Later, Kaa spots Shanti alone and tries to eat her. Then, Kaa, a python, spots Mowgli and Baloo talking and attempts to eat Mowgli. After Baloo and Mowgli escape into the jungle, Shanti, believing her boyfriend was kidnapped, follows them. Shere Khan sneaks into the village, and everyone thinks he's the wild animal. Meanwhile, Shanti tries to apologize to Mowgli, but she sees Baloo with Mowgli and shrieks for help. Also, Mowgli's old arch enemy, Shere Khan, a vicious tiger, returns for his revenge. Passing through Bagheera and a herd of elephants, Baloo sneaks into the Man Village - unnoticed by the villagers - to visit Mowgli and get him back. But Mowgli's old panther guardian, Bagheera, however, forbids him. Meanwhile, Mowgli's best friend, Baloo, a free-spirited bear, was starting to miss Mowgli, so he decided to pick him up. After Mowgli gets in trouble, he blames Shanti and won't talk to her, then Mowgli starts to miss the jungle. He also punishes Mowgli by sending him to his room without dinner.
Mowgli and Ranjan's father arrives and orders the kids back into the village and scowls at Mowgli telling him the jungle is a dangerous place and shows Mowgli a scar on his left arm. One day Mowgli tries to take the Village Children into the Jungle but Shanti realizes this and yells stop. He has become sweethearts with Shanti, the girl who lured Mowgli into the Man Village. Taking place some short time after the first film, Mowgli is in the Man Village, living with his adoptive parents and new little brother, Ranjan. On March 18, 2014, the film was released on Blu-ray. On June 17, 2008, a Special Edition DVD was released. When released, it was criticized mainly for its cut-rate animation and a lazily similar plotline to the original film, but was a commercial success, grossing $135 million on a $20 million budget.ĭisney released the VHS and DVD versions on June 10, 2003. However, they do have several characters in common. The film is not based on The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, first published in 1895. It is the fourth Disney sequel to have a theatrical release rather than going direct-to-video after The Rescuers Down Under in 1990, Fantasia 2000 in 1999, and Return to Never Land in 2002. The film was originally produced as a direct-to-video film but was released theatrically first. The film is a sequel to Walt Disney's 1967 film The Jungle Book, and stars Haley Joel Osment as the voice of Mowgli and John Goodman as the voice of Baloo. The theatrical version of the film was released in France on February 5, 2003, and released in the United States on February 14, 2003. Source The Jungle Book 2 is a 2003 American animated musical fantasy adventure film produced by the Disneytoon Studios in Sydney, Australia as well as Walt Disney Animation Studios in Paris, France and was released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.