Upon her asking why Shere Khan has done this after Shere Khan telling the cubs a story about the cuckoo, he answers that he wants Mowgli dead as opposed to him simply leaving. When Shere Khan returns and demands Mowgli be turned over to him only to find he has left, Shere Khan kills Akela and takes control of the pack, hoping it will lure him back. Though she is reluctant to give Mowgli up, she lets him leave, stating that Mowgli will always be her son. Mowgli decides to leave with Bagheera to keep the Seeonee pack safe from harm. However, the tiger's threats towards Mowgli and the pack cause debate on whether or not Mowgli should leave. In the film, Raksha raises Mowgli as her son under the sanctuary of Akela along with her own pups, including Grey Brother, and defends him from Shere Khan when he comes to the watering hole during the drought. In an interview regarding her character, Nyong'o described Raksha as deeply caring for her pups, including Mowgli, whom she adopts as her own, and refers to her as a protector.

Raksha appears in Disney's 2016 live-action adaption where she is voiced by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o.

She is later killed by Shere Khan when she goes to help rescue Mowgli from the Bandar-log.

Raksha also appears in The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story, voiced by Peri Gilpin.

She raises him along with her own cubs and 10 years later Mowgli is well acquainted with jungle life. Bagheera discovers young Mowgli in the jungle, and takes him to Raksha, who has just had cubs.

Raksha appears briefly at the beginning of Disney's The Jungle Book.

Raksha does not play a large role in the Mowgli stories, but occasionally offers her adopted son moral support. She is a female Indian wolf, member of the Seeonee pack, who while suckling her own cubs decides also to adopt a human 'cub' that her mate Rama has found wandering in the jungle, naming him 'Mowgli' (which means ' frog' in the Speech of the Jungle) because of his hairlessness.ĭefying the tiger Shere Khan, who is determined to eat the man-cub, she reveals that her name is Raksha ('protection/nurture') because of her ferocity as a fighter, and she will fight to the death for any of her cubs, natural or adopted.

The jungle book 1994 shere khan