QUIRKY WORLD ... ‘The Jungle Book’ has India’s censors spooked

INDIA: India’s censor board is requiring parents to accompany children under 12 at screenings of Disney’s The Jungle Book because the special effects made its animals too scary.

The movie opens in Indian theatres today. It is a computer-generated remake of the 1967 animated film that was based on Rudyard Kipling’s book.

Censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani justified the restriction by saying the 3D effects were scary as the animals seem to jump right at the audience.