Student Film Explores Human-Tiger Coexistence in Pench Reserve

Imagine a beautiful forest called Pench, which is home to tigers and many other animals, just like in 'The Jungle Book'.

Many people live in villages right next to this forest.

They collect special flowers called mahua to make a living.

However, sometimes tigers come too close to the villages, and sadly, people and their pets get hurt or even die.

This makes the villagers very scared of tigers.

A young filmmaker named Tushar went to live with these villagers for many days.

He wanted to understand how people and tigers can live together, even though it's dangerous.

Some people are angry because they lost family or animals to tigers.

Others find jobs because of the tigers, like driving tourists around.

The forest department is trying to help by teaching villagers how to be safe and even offering them new homes.

But leaving their old homes is hard because that's where they get their food.

Tushar's movie shows that it's a complicated problem with no easy answers.