Student Filmmaker Explores Human-Tiger Coexistence in Pench Reserve

Imagine a place in India called Pench, where tigers and people live very close together.

A filmmaker named Tushar went to live with the villagers for 40 days to make a movie about it.

The villagers collect special flowers called mahua from the forest, but they have to be careful because tigers also live there.

Sometimes, tigers hurt or even kill people, which is very sad for the families.

But these villagers have lived there a long time, and the forest is their home and where they find food.

The government is trying to help by teaching people how to stay safe and by offering jobs to families who have lost someone to a tiger.

There are also fun ways, like a 'tiger bracelet' tradition, to teach kids to care for tigers.

It's a difficult balance, like walking a tightrope, between staying safe and living with these big cats.