Vidya Balan will be seen playing the role of an upright forest officer tasked to resolve the man-animal conflict in Amit Masurkar’s drama “Sherni”. The film follows how Balan’s character, Vidya, takes on the patriarchal society and navigates her way through social barriers put up for women.
The actor talked about what it meant to play a female forest officer making sense of the conflict as well as battling patriarchal notions. She said that Sherni” is an ode to countless women who navigate their way and overcome several challenges, sometimes even without making any noise.
Vidya has recently been busy with promotional activities, during a virtual press conference she said the film is a representation of women of all kinds, who are striving to make a change.
“You don’t need to roar to be a tigress. There are various shades, reflections of ‘sherni’ that each of us represents. My character is a woman of few words, reserved but strong-willed. So you can be that.” She said.
Vidya said because she’s a public figure, the audience is able to see and appreciate the “tigress” in her, but the will to survive and fight back is inherent to all. “You don’t have to scream out loud from the rooftops to be heard all the time or even be visible all the time. In each of the households in India, there’s a ‘sherni’ and a lot of times she’s invisible. This is my salute to all of them out there,” Balan told reporters.
Produced by T-Series and Abundantia Entertainment, “Sherni” is set to stream on Amazon Prime Video on June 18. Film also stars Sharad Saxena, Mukul Chaddha, Vijay Raaz, Ila Arun, Brijendra Kala and Neeraj Kabi.
