The newly-released feature Sherni (now streaming on Amazon Prime) is set in the central-Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and was shot almost entirely on locatio in its lush countryside. Starring Vidya Balan, the story centers on newly-minted Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Vidya Vincent as she confronts the complexities of a dangerous tiger at large in her district. As directed by Amit Masurkar, the movie comes at the issue of humankind's conflicted relationship with wildlife from every angle - competing government bureaucrats, who run the gamut from unreasonable to ridiculous; candidates for office who use the tiger situation to further their personal political ambitions, while preying on the ignorance of their constituents; starving, impoverished citizens, trapped between governmental ineptitude and the need to graze their livestock; the grieving families of the tiger's victims; scientists from the nearby university trying to understand the motivations behind the tiger's...
"Into wilderness people travel in search of new life and wonder… Wilderness settles peace on the soul because it needs no help; it is beyond human contrivance." – Edward O. Wilson, The Diversity of Life