Mumbai: 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.
