Sherni

Sherni is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Amit V. Masurkar and produced by T-Series and Abundantia Entertainment. The film stars Vidya Balan in the leading role of an Indian Forest Service officer, alongside Sharat Saxena, Vijay Raaz, Ila Arun, Brijendra Kala, Neeraj Kabi and Mukul Chaddha in supporting roles. The film premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 18 June 2021. The film deals with the subjects like human–wildlife conflict and wildlife conservation. The title of the film is a bit of a misnomer, as in Hindi sherni properly refers to a lioness, while the formal word for a tigress is baghin. Though the word sherni is also frequently used to refer to tigresses. Sherni received positive reviews from the film critics for raising awareness about the importance of wildlife conservation and Balan's performance. Plot A forest officer (Vidya) is tasked with capturing and containing a man-eating tigress in a remote village. However, she faces hostility from various sides as she tries to do her job. The MLA makes it a political issue and hires a hunter to kill the tigress so that he can use it in the next election. Vidya wants to capture the tigress instead. She and her team track the tigress pugmarks. The hunter manages to kill the tigress but can't find the cubs. The villagers find the cubs hiding under a wooden log and secretly inform Vidya. The cubs are saved. Cast Vidya Balan as Vidya Vincent IFS Sharat Saxena as Ranjan Rajhans aka Pintu Vijay Raaz as Hassan Noorani Ila Arun as Pawan's mother Brijendra Kala as Bansal Neeraj Kabi as Nangia Mukul Chadda as Pawan Amar Singh Parihar as MLA G K Singh Satyakam Anand as P K Singh Anoop Trivedi as Pyare Lal Gopal Datt as Saiprasad Suma Mukundan as Vidya's mother Nadim Husain as Forest Guard/Shooter Nidhi Diwan as Reshma Sampa Mandal as Jyoti Lokesh Mittal as DFO Mohan