Filmmaker Arti Kulkarni’s documentary, Nata Pashchim Ghatashi, takes the viewer on a journey through the Western Ghats, to focus on how development is destroying this green belt The Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is considered one among the eight hotspots for biodiversity in the world. It is also, however, plagued by issues, including illegal mining, which has wreaked havoc in the region. Drawing attention to it is the 56-minute Marathi documentary Nata Pashchim Ghatashi (translates into ‘a relationship with the Western Ghats’). In the news for having won awards at the Vasundhara International Film Festival and the Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Film Festival, it was screened last week at the Bombay Natural History Society.

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