’I like taking my time with the films I make’: Amit Masurkar
Live MintAmit V. Masurkar made his directorial debut in 2014 with Sulemani Keeda, a comedy about two struggling film writers. The Rajkummar Rao starrer premiered at the Berlin Film Festival 2017, won a National Film Award and was also India’s entry to the Oscar awards. Sherni, his latest, is a thriller headlining Vidya Balan as Vidya Vincent, a forest officer dealing with human-animal conflict in an area that has settlements bordering the jungle. Writer Aastha Tiku’s thought was that in order to bring about positive long-term change, a whole lot of people need to make a whole lot of effort. From a young age, we are taught that it’s man versus nature; that we are different from animals, plants and insects—but we are all part of nature and if one gets affected, we all get affected.