Sherdil The Pilibhit Saga trailer out. Pankaj Tripathi fights tigers, leaves for suicide mission in Srijit Mukherji directorial

Sherdil The Pilibhit Saga will release on June 24. The makers released the trailer of the Pankaj Tripathi-starrer on June 3.

Srijit Mukherji's much-awaited film Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga's trailer has been released and it is intriguing, to say the least. The film starring Pankaj Tripathi and Sayani Gupta in the lead revolves around a story based on true events. Sherdil is inspired by the bizarre practice near the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, where people used to leave their elder family members so that tigers can feed on them and the family gets compensation from the authorities.

In the 2-minute-22-second trailer, Pankaj Tripathi leaves for a suicide mission as he preps to get attacked by a tiger and in return get compensation. Sayani Gupta plays the role of his wife, who tries her best to stop him from leaving.

Pankaj Tripathi will win your hearts as Gangaram in Sherdil.The actor essays the role of a village man who is on a mission to get compensation from the authorities. For the same, he decides to leave the village and get attacked by a tiger. However, things don't go as planned and Pankaj gets arrested for animal poaching.

Popular singer KK died on May 31. However, his last song still remains unreleased. The song is from Sherdil and KK recorded the track a few months back in April.

Speaking to IndiaToday.in, Srijit told us about the first time he met KK and the unreleased track from his film. He said, “The song is very special. It’s written by Gulzar saab and sung by KK. And it is possibly going to be his last song for a film at least.”