Actor
Vidya
Balan
on
Tuesday
said
her
latest
drama
Sherni
is
an
ode
to
countless
women
who
navigate
their
way
and
overcome
several
challenges,
sometimes
even
without
making
any
noise.
In
Amit
Masurkar's
drama,
Balan
plays
an
upright
forest
officer
who
is
tasked
to
resolve
the
man-animal
conflict.
Through
her
journey,
the
film
follows
how
Balan's
character,
Vidya,
takes
on
the
patriarchal
society
and
navigates
her
way
through
social
barriers
put
up
for
women.
During
a
virtual
press
conference,
the
actor
said
the
film
is
a
representation
of
women
of
all
kinds,
who
are
striving
to
make
a
change.
"You
don't
need
to
roar
to
be
a
tigress.
There
are
various
shades,
reflections
of
'sherni'
(tigress)
that
each
of
us
represents.
My
character
is
a
woman
of
few
words,
reserved
but
strong-willed.
So
you
can
be
that.
You
don't
have
to
scream
out
loud
from
the
rooftops
to
be
heard
all
the
time
or
even
be
visible
all
the
time.
In
each
of
the
households
in
India,
there's
a
'sherni'
and
a
lot
of
times
she's
invisible.
This
is
my
salute
to
all
of
them
out
there," Balan
told
reporters.
Produced
by
T-Series
and
Abundantia
Entertainment,
Sherni
is
set
to
stream
on
Amazon
Prime
Video
on
June
18.
The
42-year-old
actor
said
because
she's
a
public
figure,
the
audience
is
able
to
see
and
appreciate
the
"tigress"
in
her,
but
the
will
to
survive
and
fight
back
is
inherent
to
all.
"I
believe
every
woman
is
a
sherni.
She
is
navigating
her
way
through
this
thick
jungle
called
life.
We
are
constantly
facing
challenges.
I
love
that
line
in
our
song
which
says,
'museebat
ko
aisa
panja
maregi.'
I
know
that
at
every
step
of
the
way,
women
today
are
doing
that
(overcoming
difficulties)
The
reason
we
are
able
to
do
that
is
because
the
women
before
us
did
that," said
Vidya.
Sherni
is
the
latest
Balan
film
to
put
a
woman
in
the
forefront
and
follow
her
struggle,
after
a
series
of
movies
like
Shakuntala
Devi
(2020),
Mission
Mangal
(2019)
and
2017
drama
Tumhari
Sulu.
The
actor
said
she
isn't
consciously
choosing
to
attempt
films
that
are
"inspiring."
"If
they
happen
to
inspire
along
the
way,
that's
a
bonus.
I
pick
up
stories
that
I
find
compelling,
irresistible.
That's
also
true
for
the
characters
I
choose.
If
we
are
getting
to
tell
great
female-centric
stories,
then
why
not.
I
am
the
hero
of
the
piece
and
I
love
that.
Because
I
am
the
centre
of
my
universe
and
if
I
am
getting
to
be
the
centre
of
the
film
also,
then
(good)," she
added.
Sherni
also
stars
Sharad
Saxena,
Mukul
Chaddha,
Vijay
Raaz,
Ila
Arun,
Brijendra
Kala
and
Neeraj
Kabi.