I never read the book, so don't know if this was in the book, but I saw the original 60s Animated Disney adaptation.
Basically in this movie, we find out that Mowgli's father was killed by Sher Khan. However, the whole 'you killed my father' cliche has been done to death and over again, and it's so exhausted by now. So I wonder what compelled the writers to use it.
Unless I am wrong?
It didn't really form part of the movie, though. Shere Khan was out for vengeance because his face was burnt. But Mowgli wasn't seeking revenge for either his human father's death or Akela's, he just decided he was going to stand and fight rather than keep running.
shareBut the fact that Mowgli was not out for revenge, makes the back story feel even more redundant and unnecessary. We don't need to know how Shere Khan got his face burnt. He is prejudice against humans and that's all the information that we really need to know I think.
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