Film

The Buck Stops Here: Blackbucks- Sprinters of Our Golden Grasslands

The blackbuck, one the fastest animals in India, is losing out in the race of development. Grasslands, their favourite habitat, are being rapidly destroyed, threatening their way of life.

Directed by: Neha Dixit and Sustain Team A Roundglass Sustain film

Updated July 28, 2025

Directed by: Neha Dixit and Sustain Team A Roundglass Sustain film

Updated July 28, 2025

5 min watch

The blackbuck, one the fastest animals in India, is losing out in the race of development. Grasslands, their favourite habitat, are being rapidly destroyed, threatening their way of life.

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Thumbnail: Surya Ramchandran

Watch the film in Hindi. Thumbnail: Dhritiman Mukherjee

Watch in Kannada. Thumbnail: Biont

About the Authors

Neha Dixit

Neha Dixit

is a filmmaker with 20 years of experience making visual stories and documentary films. She creates narratives in an attempt to understand the possibilities of sustenance; economic, environmental, and social. Her life and work are driven by choices that are gentle on Earth.

Sustain Team

Sustain Team

We are a driven group of people from diverse backgrounds, bound by an abiding love for India’s natural world.

Published Sep 01, 2022