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Veteran actor Sharat Saxena says it was not difficult to slip into the role of a chauvinist hunter in Vidya Balan-starrer Sherni as that is the mindset of most of the men in India.Amit Masurkar has directed the drama from a script by…

‘Sherni’ and ‘Newton’ director Amit Masurkar explains how he allows space for organic humour in suspenseful, taut storylines The tiger never roars in Sherni. It doesn’t need to, and neither does the protagonist, forest officer Vidya…

The crew tried to be as non-intrusive as possible while shooting ‘Sherni’ in the forests of Balaghat, says cinematographer Rakesh Haridas The forest is where the plot originates. It is where the action takes place. It is, in fact, the…

Express News Service It’s a few days after the release of Sherni, and I’m probing director Amit Masurkar on the thread of idealism in his movies. The question seems inevitable  after all, his last feature, Newton…

By PTI NEW DELHI: The coronavirus pandemic didn't just delay the work on "Sherni", a satirical thriller on conservation, but also helped the team realise that they wanted to go for a different ending, one that would…

By IANS MUMBAI: "Sherni" director Amit Masurkar has opened up on the music of the film, saying he is glad to have collaborated with composers Naren Chandavarkar and Benedict Taylor for the project. "'Sherni' was a…

Sherni, starring Vidya Balan in the lead role, lands online on Friday, June 18. Director Amir Masurkar talked to Hindustan Times to share details about his vision behind the film, the struggles he faced while making it, and more.Director…

The forest drama is a close-to-reality take on the man vs. animal conflict, helped immensely by the presence of Vidya Balan and Vijay Raaz The man vs. animal conflict can be narrated in several ways. The deep, dark jungle can be…

Actor Vidya Balan has spoken about experiencing sexism in the film industry, much like her character from Sherni faces. In the man-wildlife conflict drama, directed by Amit Masurkar, she plays a forest officer, who battles sexism both in…

Vidya Balan decodes what it meant to play a forest officer who tackles multiple challenges in Amit Masurkar’s Hindi film ‘Sherni’ Stories mirroring the man Vs. animal conflict aren’t new to Indian cinema. But what happens when a tigress…