After Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Das Roped In To Voice Mufasa

Mufasa: The Lion King, one of the most anticipated cinematic spectacles is all set to roar with a brand-new tale, taking audiences back to the journey of Mufasa’s rise as the legendary King. The announcement of Shah Rukh Khan and Mahesh Babu as the voice of Mufasa in Hindi and Telugu respectively created a huge buzz and built massive anticipation for the film. It has now been announced that Tamil actor Arjun Das is the voice of Mufasa in Tamil.

This epic saga is already creating waves across India, promising to set records even before its grand release. The makers know the pulse of the audience and pull the biggest stars from across the country. Along with the voice of Mufasa, the film boasts of the biggest names voicing other key characters in the film across these three languages. The Hindi version will see SRK as Mufasa with Aryan Khan as his son Simba and AbRam Khan as the younger Mufasa. It also features Sanjay Mishra as Pumbaa, Shreyas Talpade as Timon, Makarand Deshpande as Rafiki and Meiyang Chang as Taka.

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Similarly, the Tamil version features Arjun Das as Mufasa, ⁠Ashok Selvan as Taka, ⁠Robo Shankar as Pumbaa, Singam Puli as Timon, VTV Ganesh as young Rafiki and ⁠M. Nasser as Kiros. On the other hand, the Telugu version has  Mahesh Babu as Mufasa, Brahmanandam as Pumbaa, ⁠Ali as Timon, Satyadev as Taka and ⁠Ayyappa P Sharma as Kiros.

Mufasa: The Lion King enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands, introducing an orphaned cub called Mufasa, a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline—and their expansive journey alongside an extraordinary group of misfits. The all-new feature film is directed by Barry Jenkins.