Pravin Shanmughanandam

A fragile ecosystem that is susceptible to threats of climate change and global warming, the Shola-grassland habitats are termed as the Sky-islands of Western Ghats.

It’s these very ecosystems that are crucial in keeping intact the natural cycles alive and the Nilgiri Tahr, the mountain goats that in-turn keep these ecosystems alive.

A herbivore like no other, the Nilgiri Tahr among the wildlife community is equivalent to the Muthuvar tribes, who amongst the human community, perform significant ecological roles, that no other species can.

Feeding on 120+ species of shrubs and grasses - native as well as exotic - these ungulates perform the role of a “Vaidyan” (healer) to these hills.

Our upcoming film “Muthuvar” tells a story of these two - the two native inhabitants of Anamalai hills, the Muthuvar tribe and the Nilgiri Tahr, as two strokes of the same brush, live in harmony with nature, keeping the natural cycles alive and intact.

Muthuvar, a @pollachipapyrus x @farawayoriginals collaboration! Coming Soon.

Images - @pravin_shanmughanandam