Molai forest and Payeng have been the subject of a number of documentaries . A locally made film documentary , produced by Jitu Kalita in 2012 '' The Molai Forest '' , was screened at the Jawaharlal Nehru University . Jitu Kalita , who lives near Payeng 's house , has also featured and given recognition on his reporting of the life of Payeng through his documentary . Molai forest was also featured in a 2013 documentary '' Foresting life '' , directed by the Indian documentary filmmaker Aarti Shrivastava , and in William Douglas McMaster 's 2013 film documentary '' Forest Man '' . People have pledged 8,327 USD on the Kickstarter campaign for the post-production of this documentary in early 2013 , which was shown at 2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
Molai forest