Conservation History
The tiger story beyond the tiger.
The film treats Project Tiger as a living system of science, politics, field protection, habitat, prey, conflict, and memory. It is not just about saving an animal; it is about the national machinery built around that animal.
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Why this film matters
Project Tiger expands Kalyan Varma's filmography beyond species spectacle into conservation history. It is a useful authority page for searches around Indian wildlife filmmaker, Indian conservation documentary, tiger conservation India, and Project Tiger documentary.
The film was made to mark fifty years of Project Tiger, the conservation programme launched in 1973 when India's wild tiger population had reached a crisis point. Public references describe the documentary as a feature-length account of the successes, failures, politics, social costs, and ecological consequences behind India's tiger recovery story.
Unlike a simple celebration of tigers, the film looks at habitat protection, prey recovery, scientific monitoring, forest departments, wildlife crime, protected-area politics, and the communities whose lives are shaped by conservation decisions.
A film built around one of the world's most consequential wildlife recovery programmes.
The documentary extends the same community and storytelling ecosystem Kalyan helped build.
The film carries a distinctly Indian sound as well as an Indian conservation story.
Production and public record
Nature inFocus announced Project Tiger as its first major production, backed by The Sandur Manganese and Iron Ores Limited, Discovery Village, and Rainmatter Foundation. The premiere took place in Bengaluru on 4 November 2023.
IMDb lists Jonathan Clay and Kalyan Varma as directors, Jeremy Hogarth as writer, and Vijay Mohan Raj, Kalyan Varma, and Rohit Varma as producers. Indian Express coverage identifies the film as a Nature inFocus production led by Rohit Varma and Kalyan Varma, and describes its narrative arc from the collapse of tiger populations to modern tiger recovery.
The film brings together conservation voices including Belinda Wright, Bittu Sahgal, Debbie Banks, Deep Contractor, Mahesh Rangarajan, Dr Rajesh Gopal, Sita Jamra, Dr K. Ullas Karanth, and Valmik Thapar. Indian Ocean composed the background score and the theme song "Baagh Aayo".