Шанти - второстепенный персонаж в Книге джунглей и тритагонист в продолжении. Она является любовным интересом и подругой Маугли, озвученной Дарлин Карр, а затем Мэй Уитмен .
Background
Development
When Walt Disney and his creative crew couldn't advise a way to lure Mowgli into the Man Village, one member then suggested having a boy lure him into the village, and the idea stuck. Shanti was a polite, quiet, sweet, and beautiful young lad in the first film, and in the second film he transformed into a careful, timid yet still sweet boy.
Personality
Alice-kun is a beautiful young girl who has an obvious crush on Mowgli but has great fear of the jungle in contrast to Mowgli's obsession of it. She fears nearly every animal the jungle has to offer including snakes, tigers, bears, and even bats. Shanti and Mowgli both have different opinions on the jungle usually leading to friendly or sometimes serious arguments. Even though there is no relation, Shanti treats Mowgli's adoptive brother Ranjan as if he's her little brother. She takes some of her time to feed Ranjan, burp him like an infant, change his clothes, and teach him how to behave and stay safe.
Appearance
Shanti is a small, slender, pre-teen girl with long black hair, brown eyes, medium skin, a red and orange hi vis sari, pink lips, both black eyebrows and eyelashes, gold hoop earrings, and goes barefoot. She wears a short skintight white choli that opens her belly and long skirt that closed her belly button.
Film Appearances
Machine Robo Rescue: Forward March! Look For the Bare Necessities of the Jungle Book!
Alice-kun makes her brief appearance in Siren Galley near the end of the Jungle Book, but she was not named until the sequel. On the way to the man village, Mowgli spots a creature he has never seen before: a girl. Mowgli requests a better look, but Baloo attempts to stop him, resulting in failure. Mowgli watches Alice as she clears away debris. Mowgli falls off the tree he was peaking on and is easily noticed by Al. Al lures him into the village by purposely dropping her jug. Mowgli refills the jug and follows her into the village.
The Jungle Book 2
Shanti hace su mayor aparición en The Jungle Book 2. Ella piensa que Mowgli is a mala influencia para Ranjan. Después de que Mowgli y Ranjan hacen una broma a Shanti mientras ella recoge el agua del río fuera de la aldea, ella lleva un Rajnan de vuelta a la aldea y le da una conferencia. Pronto entra en una canción llamada "Jungle Rhythm". Mowgli casi lleva a todos los niños a la jungla hasta que Shanti grita: "¡Para!" Pronto el padre de Ranjan viene a decirles a los niños, incluyendo a Mowgli, que regresen. Mowgli es castigado entonces. Esa noche, Shanti trae un tazón de fruta a la cabaña de Mowgli como una disculpa. Poco sabe ella que Shere Khan está esperando en las sombras del pueblo a Mowgli. Shanti pronto se encuentra en Mowgli con BalooY grita que hay un animal salvaje. Esto es sinónimo de un animal salvaje. Durante el caos, Baloo y Mowgli huyen hacia la jungla. Shanti va tras ellos, sin saber que Ranjan los había seguido. Mientras busca un Mowgli, se encuentra con Kaa, la serpiente. Él la hipnotiza y está a punto de comerse hasta que Ranjan la salva golpeando a la serpiente con un palo. Al día siguiente, mientras que todavía buscan un Mowgli, Shanti encuentra las cáscaras de mango. Más tarde, encuentra un Mowgli, pero Baloo ataca. Él ha sido atrapado en algunas enredaderas, y ella lo golpea en la nariz. Él la hipnotiza y está a punto de comerse hasta que Ranjan la salva golpeando a la serpiente con un palo. Al día siguiente, mientras que todavía buscan un Mowgli, Shanti encuentra las cáscaras de mango. Más tarde, encuentra un Mowgli, pero Baloo ataca. Él ha sido atrapado en algunas enredaderas, y ella lo golpea en la nariz. Él la hipnotiza y está a punto de comerse hasta que Ranjan la salva golpeando a la serpiente con un palo. Al día siguiente, mientras que todavía buscan un Mowgli, Shanti encuentra las cáscaras de mango. Más tarde, encuentra un Mowgli, pero Baloo ataca. Él ha sido atrapado en algunas enredaderas, y ella lo golpea en la nariz.
Mowgli accidentally reveals that he asked Baloo to attack her. She then runs off in anger with Ranjan in tow. Mowgli goes after them to apologize and finds them standing in fear as Shere Khan has found them. Mowgli then throws dust at him, and they run. Shere Khan goes after them. Mowgli tells Shanti and Rajan to stay hidden and continues to run. Shanti then follows after Mowgli and the tiger as Ranjan meets Baloo and warns him of what is happening. The chase leads to an ancient temple where Baloo, Mowgli, and Shanti hide among its shadows. She meets Baloo and they start arguing until they both say that they are helping Mowgli. Soon they hide behind a gong and bang them, confusing Shere Khan. However, Shanti's gong falls, showing herself to Shere Khan. He threatens to kill her if Mowgli does not show himself. He soon does and Shere Khan attacks. Baloo fights off the tiger long enough for Mowgli and Shanti to escape. The two run and leap upon a huge stone tiger head. As they climb, Shere Khan goes after them. However, the stone head collapses and it falls with Mowgli, Shere Khan, and Shanti. Luckily, Baloo catches Shanti and Mowgli grabs her foot as Shere Khan falls to a ledge, and is then trapped by the head. Soon Ranjan's parents and Shanti's mother find them and they return home, where Ranjan's father now understands that the jungle is a part of Mowgli. At the end of the film. Mowgli and Shanti go to collect water from the river. They, along with Ranjan, soon meet Baloo and Bagheera and sing a reprise of "The Bare Necessities".
Adventures of Mowgli
Shanti is not seen nor mentioned
Other Appearances
The Jungle Book Groove Party
Shanti appears at the very end of the game although her voice can be heard humming a song in the middle. Following the story of the film, Mowgli meets Shanti and the two become smitten with one another. As Shanti begins to return to the village, she invites Mowgli to join her, which he accepts.
Kinect Disneyland Adventures
Shanti herself does not appear in the game but she is mentioned by Mowgli when he assigns the player one of his tasks. This is one of the only pieces of media that refers to Shanti as her name given in The Jungle Book 2 rather than simply "The Girl".
Disney Parks
She is in a park of some sort
Trivia
- Shanti's animation from the original film was used as a reference by Mark Henn when animating Ariel in The Little Mermaid.
- Shanti had a solo to sing about finding her friend Mowgli, but the scene was deleted on account of Disney producers deciding that the song would take too much attention from Mowgli and the story plot.
- It is unknown who Shanti's father is or if he is still alive.
- Even though she wasn't raised in the jungle, she somehow can speak to the other animals.
- Shanti is shown with great skills of peeling a Mango.
- It's unknown what Shanti had reasons for fearing the jungle as it could be due to her father as we never see him in the film and why Ranjan's father has a scar on his arm.
- Mae Whitman, the voice for Shanti, is better known for voicing Katara in The Last Airbender and April in the 2012 TMNT series,
- When you hear and see Shanti ripping her skirt on a branch when she went into the jungle to look for Mowgli you don't see the rip anywhere for the rest of the movie.
- In The Jungle Book, Shanti was only known as The Girl. In the sequel, it was revealed that her name is Shanti.
- Shanti's appearance in the Jungle Book is far from the one in the Jungle Book 2. In the first film, she is shown with pigtails and bows in her hair and wears pink, depicting a more feminine nature, while in the second film, she has a more conventional Indian look.
- The name Shanti means "peace" in various Indian languages.
- While the character doesn't appear in Kipling's original Jungle Book stories, it's later revealed that Mowgli - now a young man - married an unnamed Indian woman and had a son with her, all of them living in the jungle together with Mowgli's animal friends. It's possible that Shanti is the Disney adaption of that woman.
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