“Father's hunting in the forest, Mother's cooking in the home, I must go to fetch the water, Till the day that I am grown.”
―Shanti
Shanti (originally known as The Girl) is a minor character in Disney's 1967 animated feature film, The Jungle Book, and the tritagonist of The Jungle Book 2. She is a little girl from the Man Village known for her lovely singing voice and beautiful eyes. When Mowgli the man-cub first encounters Shanti, he becomes so entranced by her beauty that he decides to leave the jungle in favor of living amongst humans in the village.