Ashish Vidyarthi will lend his voice to Scar, Asrani to Zazu, Shreyas Talpade and Sanjay Mishra to Timon and Pumbaa when they sing their catchword Hakuna Matata (“no worries” in Swahili) in the upcoming Hindi version of Disney’s live-action version of The Lion King.
It was earlier confirmed that Shah Rukh Khan and his son Aryan Khan would be lending their voices for Mufasa and Simba respectively.
The announcements were made by Disney. The movie is a remake of the 1994 classic. It is schedule for release on July 19 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
The international star cast includes Donald Glover as Simba, Beyonce voices Nala, James Earl Jones returns as Simba’s father Mufasa, Chiwetel Ejiofor voices Scar, Alfre Woodard as Sarabi and JD McCrary voices the younger Simba.