Hello!

My name is Viren Bhaika, and I have spent the past year creating a documentary titled Roar and Resilience, which explores the rising human-tiger conflict in India, particularly around the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in central India. While the increasing tiger population of Tadoba reflects the success of the Indian Government’s Project Tiger Initiative, it also poses challenges as tigers and humans increasingly share living areas leading to an increasing number of encounters. Many of these are fatal. This situation has led to tragic consequences for vulnerable communities, while big corporates ravage the landscape.

Tadoba is on the frontline of this crisis, and unless we find a path to manageable coexistence here, it is likely that this problem will repeat itself the world over as conservation efforts become more successful. My film takes the viewer on a journey through the battleground between civilisation and nature and asks the question: what can we do about it?