Launched in 2021, Alia Bhatt’s Eternal Sunshine Productions has since produced three projects, ‘Darlings,’ ‘Jigra,’ and the recent 'Poachers.’ While the first two featured her, she’s only part of the third project as a producer.
When asked how she decides which project to star in and which ones to produce, the actress said she needs to know whether or not she even fits the part.
“Do you fit the part? That’s the most important question. I don’t think I fit every part, you know, so sometimes… and I’m working on a lot of stuff right now, which I’m not acting in. In fact, I see other mainstream actresses as well while we are creating them. I’m like, ‘Oh, this will be great for this one’… or actors.”
She added, “So, (it is) something that very naturally happens. Even when I am in a film, I don't look at it only from my character's point of view. So how is everybody sitting in this? So yeah, are you right for the part?”
‘Poachers’ is directed by Emmy-winner Richie Mehta. It is also produced by Oscar-winning production company QC Entertainment, with Alia Bhatt as Executive Producer. Mehta, of ‘Delhi Crime’ Season one fame, said the series “fell into his lap,” when he asked for videos from across the country for a special project, and someone sent him a video on an ivory trade raid. He decided not to include the video in his project then but came back to it, hoping to make a full series.
The recently-launched trailer provides a glimpse into the heartbreaking reality of the merciless and incessant killing of elephants.