The official trailer of Pankaj Tripathi starrer ‘Sherdil – The Pilibhit Saga’ has been released today at 11 am. The movie will hit the big screens on June 24th, 2022. The Kagaz actor is all set to light up the big screens with his upcoming film ‘Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga’. Watching the trailer we can reckon that the story of a common man with a wild plan will absolutely entertain the audience.
Pankaj Tripathi is roped in the lead role with Sayani Gupta as his wife, both together are ready to delight fans with adoration in eyes and purity in hearts. ‘Sherdil – The Pilibhit Saga’ is written and directed by five-time National Award-winning director Srijit Mukherji. The movie is produced by Gulshan Kumar, T-series, and Reliance Entertainment.
According to the producers, the flick is an insightful story about the negative impacts of urbanisation, man-animal conflict, and poverty, leading to a peculiar practice in a village on the border of a forest.
The Mirzapur actor dropped the trailer on his Instagram account. “A hero to cheer for. A cause to fight for. A thought to die for. #Sherdil – The Pilibhit Saga Trailer Out Now. In Cinemas 24th June,” he captioned the post.
The movie of a tiny village is inspired by true events, it is touted to be a dark humour laced satire. The synopsis of the movie reads, “Inspired by the real events that took place in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve where people used to leave their elderly family members for tigers to prey on, and then claim compensation from the administration.”
The movie is noted to be Srijit Mukherji’s second Hindi directorial after Begum Jaan in 2017. According to sources, the director says ‘Sherdil – The Pilibhit Saga’ is his dream project. Sharing what inspired him to take up this story, Srijit said: “I am glad to reunite with Reliance Entertainment to make ‘Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga’. I got inspired by the real incident of tragic practices in villages bordering the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve and I knew I had to capture it in my next. It takes great courage to sacrifice one’s life to save the family and my film revolves around this heroism with a focus on man and nature conflict. This subject is really close to my heart and I hope it will ignite the same emotions with the audiences regarding various social issues in our society.”
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