A documentary on saving the critically endangered turtle in Kasaragod wins the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
It was round six years in the past that ecologist Ayushi Jain arrived in Kasaragod, Kerala, searching for the Asian big softshell turtle (a big freshwater turtle). She interacted with the group, took them into confidence and finally noticed the turtle. She went on to doc the critically endangered species, with the assist of the…