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India’s T-Series, Reliance Entertainment and Match Cut Productions have teamed on Srijit Mukherji’s Hindi-language satire “Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga.”

Inspired by true events, the film is about the adverse effects of urbanization, human-animal conflict and poverty, leading to a bizarre practice in a village located on the edge of a forest.

It stars Pankaj Tripathi (“Sacred Games”), Neeraj Kabi (“Paatal Lok”) and Sayani Gupta “(Four More Shots Please”).

Mukherji’s credits include Bengali-language films “Autograph” (2010), which was a Glasgow International Film Festival and Abu Dhabi International Film Festival selection, “Jaatishwar” (2014), “Chotushkone” (2015), “Rajkahini (2015) and “Ek Je Chilo Raja” (2019), which played at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. “Sherdil” will be his second Hindi film after the 2017’s “Begum Jaan,” the remake of “Rajkahini.”

Mukherji said: “I got inspired by the real incident of tragic practises in villages bordering the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve and I knew I had to capture it in my next.

Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose has been one of the most controversial figures of contemporary Indian history. Both regarding his life (particularly his decision to leave (ousted for others) the Congress in 1939 following differences with Mahatma Gandhi, and join the Nazis and Imperial Japan against the British, but more regarding the events of his death. While the official record places it on August 18, 1945, after his overloaded Japanese plane crashed in Japanese Taiwan, there are two other theories that have drawn many followers, both of which state that Bose actually faked his death. The first suggests that he managed to escape to Russia, where he was captured and tortured to death in the gulags, while the second that he eventually left Russia, became a monk and returned to India under the name of Gumnaani Baba. The government’s stance on the findings of three different committees that dealt with the events,...

Srijit Mukherji is a director , who likes to re-invent himself with every new movie of his with an unique story-telling and directorial approach. “Ek Je Chhilo Raja” is a film where he depicts a court room drama from history book with subtle touches of emotions, with a narrative which has a flare of mystery and suspense. The cohesiveness of a complex story line and the cinematic grandeur has made it one of the best efforts in the history of modern Bengali cinema. The movie is based on the famous Bhawal Sanyasi Case about a possible imposter, claimed to be the prince of Bhawal , considered to be dead a decade back.

The famous case of Bhawal revolves around Mahendra Kumar Chowdhury (Jisshu Sengupta), the second prince of Bikrampur, who was infamous for his wild nightlife and drinking habits. Mahendra Kumar Chowdhury gets married to Chandravati Devi (Rajnandini Paul) without his will and under family pressure.