MUMBAI: PVR Cinemas is set to release director Ashwin Kumar‘s The Forest under its ‘Directors Rare‘ initiative on 4 May.

The film will have a limited release in the major metros on about 19 screens to be expanded later on public demand.

The Forest is loosely based on the ‘Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag, one of the stories of Jim Corbett. The film has Nandana Sen caught between her husband and an ex-lover amidst a treacherous jungle terrain stalked by an angry man-eating leopard.

However, the leopard is not the only problem the trio has. It is the beast that hides behind civilised façades that poses greater danger.

Produced by Ashvin Kumar and Judith James and presented by Vijay Mallya, the film has been shot on actual locations in the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttaranchal with a foreign crew.

The horror-sex drama also stars Jaaved Jafferi, Nandana Sen and Ankur Vikal.