Filmmaker Andy Serkis along with Christian Bale and Freida Pinto will visit Mumbai for the world premiere of their film "Mowgli": Legend of the jungle".

On 25 November the director's son, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, and newcomer Rohan Chand, who plays Mowgli in the film, will also join the team for the event.

The cast will attend the world premiere and walk on the red carpet in Mumbai.

"Mowgli: the legend of the jungle" will bring the world of Rudyard Kipling's 1864 classic "The jungle book" alive on the big screen, splashed with shades of grey.

It is the story of an Indian boy named Mowgli, wandering in an Indian forest with an entourage of his animal friends and fighting for survival.

The move is also in line with commitments to give theatrical releases to Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma", the Coen brothers'."The Ballad of buster Scruggs" and "bird box".

The movie will be available to Netflix members worldwide from December 7.

The cast includes Bale as Bagheera, Cate Blanchett as Kaa, Serkis as Baloo, Naomie Harris as Nisha, Peter Mullan as Akela, Louis as Bhoot Aand Benedict Cumberbatch as Shere Khan with Matthew Rhys and Freida playing key characters from the local village