Mike graduated from giving special effects in movies like Razia Sultan to documentaries. “India was not ready for the kinds of special effects I was giving. I brought the crew from overseas,” he says. “I was always a student of serious and authentic cinema but Indian films at that time didn’t gel with reality.”

            His films like, The Shores of Silence and Vanishing Giants has brought revolutionary changes in the Red Data book. He is a filmmaker by birth and a conservationist by conscience.

          “I was always a dreamer and a filmmaker. I’ve been brought up with artists like Akirakurosava, Gurudutt, and Fadrico Fellini. Film making is like a holiday,” says Mike. “It is very satisfying to know that a species has found protection through my films. I am doing my duty as a human being.”

         During a one to one interview with Mike at his Riverbanks studio I got a chance to see one of his films, “The living fossil: Indian horseshoe Crab’. It was a tryst with synergism between hard facts and fine technology. His films are not the usual colourless subjects. There are a lot of graphics and inspiring visuals.

     As Mike puts it, “Art of communication is a skill and what leaves an impact on the audience is the technique of presentation.”

 His films are interactive, simple, research based and conclusive. “I am not a person of films like Sindabad goes to New York. Cinema should be

value based and move with the times.”  Mike and his team also keep a record of the results their films are aimed to achieve. “At the screening of ‘The Living Fossil’, Union minister of State fro Science and technology, Kapil Sibal declared that he would introduce the ‘Horseshoe Crab’ in the list of endangered species under Wildlife Act 1972. We are keeping a record of all such changes and policies.” And when we contacted Sibal he said, “I have written to the environment minister and raised the issue in a meeting of my autonomous institution and I hope they will take an action. That is all I can do.”

            But why he has not made any film on illegal poaching of lions? “There was a mad rush for making films on lions but everyone talked about their life history. Now iam planning to work on it,” says he.

Thinking? Think but action should follow because as Mike believes,” When you know that someone needs your help and you don’t reach out to them, it is a CRIME.”