Vidya Balan starts filming for Amit Masurkar's 'Sherni', poses with tiger cub to announce

Vidya Balan anunced title of her next film as Sherni on occasion of Valentine's Day earlier this year. However, due to nationwide lockdown amid coronavirus pandemic, film production could t have commenced as industry had come to a standstill for more than 6 months. However, with most of lockdown restrictions w lifted across country, makers of Sherni have hit floors.

Dirty Picture actor took to her Instagram stories and anunced that she's all set to begin filming for Sherni in an interesting manner. She shared a selfie with a virtual 3D tiger cub nestled around her neck. She captioned photo, "Chalo meri #SHERNI shooting shooting khelein".

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film is helmed by Newton fame director Amit Masurkar and will explore man-wildlife conflict with a plot that revolves around a real-life incident. In vember 2018, Tigress Avni, also kwn as T1, had made headlines when she was shot dead in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district. A classic example of man-animal conflict, Avni’s killing caused outr among many across country. Supreme Court of India had directed forest department and its officials to first tranquilize and n trap Tigress Avni. However, she allegedly attacked team which shot her.

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Furr, as per reports, producer of film Vikram Malhotra had reportedly been looking for a strong performer to play role of a forest official in film. It seems that  Dirty Picture actor, who is kwn for pioneering a change in portrayal of women in cinema, has fit bill for role. Vidya Balan's last release was Anu Men directorial Shakuntala Devi which premiered on OTT platform and received rave reviews.

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As per reports, Vidya Balan and Sherni team will start shooting with ir 35-day schedule in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. makers of Sherni has hired an ncy that would monitor safety measures on sets amid COVID-19 pandemic. cast and crew of Vidya Balan’s Sherni would fly to Nagpur before moving ahead to Balaghat. Additionally, road transportation arrangements have been made to carry equipment to shoot location.

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