The story arc of this movie resembles the slightly-elevated-due-to occasional-high-blood-pressure but otherwise dying patient’s heartbeat. It goes something like this: forest officer in forest – tigress sighting – political rally – death of a villager – forest officer in forest – tigress sighting – political rally – death of a villager…you get it, this loop repeats about three times and then the story dies.
After the flat intro of about 20+ minutes you expect the story to develop but the pace of the movie carries on like a poorly made wildlife documentary. There is a sprinkle of illegal animal hunting, a dash of feminism, a whole splash of political agendas but the “so what” is elusive til the very abrupt end.
It’s hard to assemble a star cast as illustrious as Vidya Balan, Vijay Raaz and Neeraj Kabri and criminal to then let such great talent go to waste. Each of them got under the skin of their characters, as they always do, but none of them had any oomph written into their roles.
At times Sherni feels like a political satire. At times it feels like it’s trying to carry a pro-wildlife agenda. At times Vidya Balan is supposed to be the Sherni but her character is merely that of a house cat with slightly rough nails. (3/10)
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