

This one’s yet another classic from Disney’s treasure chest. Whether Ariel’s love is enough to conquer all her hurdles forms the crux of the story. She stores it inside a shell, aiming to use it to trick everyone involved. Wanting to find a way to be with Eric, she goes to an evil sea witch, who agrees to transform her into a human for three days in exchange of her voice. An accident later, she saves and sings to him, but vanishes before the prince – now enchanted with her voice – can see her. As she swims to the ocean’s surface with her friends, Flounder the fish and Sebastian the crab, she falls in love with Prince Eric, a man she watches celebrating his birthday on a ship. She wants to be free, and discover the land outside of the sea. This is the timeless story of Princess Ariel, a mermaid fascinated with the world of humans. And so, Bagheera and Baloo, the loving sloth bear, must convince him to go back to safety – to the land of humans. However, not all animals are friendly, some prey him too – making the kid’s life lurk in danger. Mowgli grows to be a happy kid, bonding with his jungle-mates, who on the other hand, treat him like their own. Bagheera saves the child, taking him to a wolf-mom, who raises him along with her cubs. But for the initiated, the film is the story of a child, Mowgli, who is found by Bagheera, a black panther, inside a basket in a jungle based in India.

Mowgli, Bagheera, Baloo – they don’t quite need an introduction.

Some people grew up with The Jungle Book.
