There are a handful of directors who keep us longing for their next project and Amit Masurkar was someone like that for me. I was literally blown away by Amit Masurkar's Newton and I sincerely believe it deserved an oscar (if not more than one). So I was badly awaiting for Sherni expecting to experience another act of cinematic brilliance and frankly it disappointed me.
Sherni has almost everything but lacks what a good film must have - moments of "cinematic" brilliance where you feel emotionally moved & stirred but cannot explain why. That's the beauty of any good art work. Newton did that so well but not this one.
Extremely detailed, well acted, realistic camera movements - all were there but the poetry and poignancy was missing which made this film maybe a good documentation of our forest , wildlife, people , government procedures etc but failed to make it a good "CINEMA"