Mowgli and Baloo were frolicking in Sabah


Majestic: A scene from the Jungle Book movie and a photo of a Sabah misty forest (right) taken in 2006.

KOTA KINABALU: If Malaysian cinema goers look hard enough, they may just recognise Sabah’s forests in the hit movie, The Jungle Book.

Visual effects artist Helen Brownell was so inspired by her visit to Sabah 10 years ago as a Raleigh International volunteer that she included its forest in some of the movie scenes.

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