Pankaj Tripathi Starrer Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga Set To Release In June

Srijit Mukherji’s newest film Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga’s first trailer was released today morning.

Sherdil features actors Pankaj Tripathi, Neeraj Kabi, and Sayani Gupta in leading roles. The film will portray the story of Tripathi’s character, Gangaram. The film is inspired by real events that took place in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh where people would leave their elder family members for the tigers to prey on and then claim compensation from the administration.

In Sherdil The Pilibhit Saga, Pankaj Tripathi’s character Gangaram is from a village and decides to give up his life so that the families in his village will receive compensation from the government scheme that promises to help the families of tiger attack victims. His wife played by Sayani Gupta attempts to stop him from leaving.  While awaiting death in the forest, he encounters a poacher named Jim, portrayed by Neeraj Kabi. Due to a misunderstanding, Tripathi’s character is arrested for animal poaching.

The film focuses on the adverse effects of urbanisation, man vs animal conflict, poverty and how poverty can lead to strange practices.

In a press statement, Bengali writer and director Srijit Mukherji described the movie as his “dream project for years”. Mukherji said that he had read about the real life incidents that inspired the movie in 2017, and immediately wrote the story. He said that “finally after 5 years the dream comes true and we bring you the story of Gangaram on the big screen.”

Sherdil The Pilibhit Saga Release Date

Sherdil The Pilibhit Saga marks Mukherji’s second Hindi film, his first Hindi film was Begum Jaan starring Vidya Balan.

Sherdil The Pilibhit Saga’s soundtrack consists of a track sung by late playback singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK. The track has not been released yet and is KK’s last recorded song.  The track’s lyrics were penned by lyricist Gulzar, who had previously worked with KK on the song ‘Chhod Aaye Hum’ from the 1996 film Maachis. The Sherdil The Pilibhit Saga release date was revealed to be June 24.