Sherni is about a forest team that is on a hunt to capture a tiger named "T-12" that is killing villagers in the forest. They face trouble from local politicians and from the people of the village who constantly criticize the team's poor efforts in capturing the tiger.
Sherni is not everyone's cup of tea. Knowing that it is directed by "Newton" director Amit Masurkar , you should not expect it to be a spine chilling animal hunt. However, this film aims at promoting animal conservation rather than killing them. There are so many who get affected by tigers and want them to be dead, but should they really be killed? That one emotional scene from the climax will prove it that tigers too have a life. You may not be able to train tigers to respect humans by not killing but that doesn't mean we dont respect them, that would leave no difference between us and the tigers.
The film does have some interesting points especially when Vidya and her team are out for capturing the tiger, rest every part relies on conversations and tribal rage.
The tribal cast like Sampa Mandal deserve special applause especially for their stellar natural performance. Their performances make sure you get the feeling of being in a forest tribal region. Vidya Balan roars! She doesn't shout too much but her dialogues do the roaring. Vijay Raaz, Sharat Saxena (he's the one that the film aims to be against), Neeraj Kabi etc all have done a good job as well.
Negatives - Mukul Chadda is wasted here and his parts could have been avoided. Some scenes of politics could have been avoided.
Overall, a must watch film for those interested in knowing what happens in the jungles and the tribal people and since it has a message, you definitely should watch it.
