The Elephant Whisperers

Gonsalves's The Elephant Whisperers uses a tender family dynamic to explore climate change, shrinking animal habitats and our warped perception of the wild.

Both films focus on the kindness of humans trying to give animals (in Sen’s film, black kites from the skies of Delhi) a new lease of life. It’s a question that the humans in The Elephant Whisperers embody. “I think this is our opportunity, as humans, to think of animals as something more than the ‘other’. In 2017, while driving back from Bengaluru to her hometown Ooty, a hill station in the Western Ghats of southern India, Gonsalves saw a caregiver giving a young calf called Raghu a bath. The elephant is considered both a religious figure in Indian folklore and a marauding wild animal. Raghu is at the heart of this documentary directed by Kartiki Gonsalves that uses a tender family dynamic in the middle of an Indian forest reserve to comment on climate change, shrinking animal habitats and our warped perception of the wild.

Actor Shah Rukh Khan congratulated SS Rajamouli's RRR and Guneet Monga's The Elephant Whisperers and their teams after they made India proud at Oscars 2023.

“Congratulations to @EarthSpectrum, @guneetm and the entire team of ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ for this honour. Congratulations to @mmkeeravaani, @boselyricist and the entire team for this prestigious honour. Their work wonderfully highlights the importance of sustainable development and living in harmony with nature. The Elephant Whisperers is directed by debutante Kartiki Gonsalves and produced by Guneet Monga. Its song Naatu Naatu became a global sensation featuring Ram Charan and Jr NTR in a dance off with a group of Britishers in the film. The 95th Academy Awards took place at Los Angeles' Dolby Theater on March 12. While [RRR's ](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/rrr)song Naatu Naatu won the Best Original Song award, The Elephant Whisperers took home the trophy for Best Documentary Short Film. The Pathaan actor tweeted, “Big hug to @guneetm & @EarthSpectrum for Elephant Whisperers. [Shah Rukh Khan](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/shah-rukh-khan) took to Twitter and congratulated the teams of RRR and The Elephant Whisperers after their historic wins at the Oscars 2023. And @mmkeeravaani #ChandraBose ji @ssrajamouli @AlwaysRamCharan @tarak9999 thank u for showing us all, the way to do it. The popularity of ‘Naatu Naatu’ is global. Also read: [SS Rajamouli and RRR Team sat in the last row during Oscars ceremony, fans call it a 'disgrace'](https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/telugu-cinema/ss-rajamouli-and-rrr-team-sat-in-the-last-row-during-oscars-ceremony-fans-call-it-a-disgrace-101678695201349.html)

Her directorial debut won an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Film category. Not to mention, she was also one of the first women to be selected in India ...

And while Gonsalves is in the pursuit to make an impact on environmental and cultural issues through her work, she is also focussing her attention on bringing solutions to the existing challenges with her projects. Having grown up in the Nilgiris, Kartiki Gonsalves describes herself as a traveller and explorer. Much of it also came from her experience as a social documentary photojournalist and filmmaker.

Chennai: The Oscar-winning short documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers' was shot in the Theppakadu Elephant Camp at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the ...

The Theppakadu Elephant Camp rehabilitates rogue elephants that enter human habitations and enter into conflict with people. Mahouts Kirumaran and Wasim have trained two rogue elephants Moorthy and Easwaran into good formidable animals that have become much gentler. The Theppakadu Elephant Camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve is the oldest elephant camp in Asia and was established 105 years back.

Her efforts of raising two orphaned baby elephants, captured in the documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers' is now a global sensation after having won the ...

"The Documentary(Elephant whisperers) has gone as far as the Oscar awards...Only now I knew and understood that it has reached that far... The Elephant Whisperers marks the directorial debut of Kartiki Gonsalves, an Indian documentary filmmaker and photographer. Everyone helped me and provided me with all I needed and hence it was possible to raise both the baby elephants..." It is where Bomman and Bellie stay. "My story(Elephant Whisperers documentary) having won the Oscar award has brought cheer to everyone in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve... Her efforts of raising two orphaned baby elephants, captured in the documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers' is now a global sensation after having won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film. No one has done something of this sort for recognizing the efforts of our people in Mudumalai...We've been living in the Mudumalai forest and have no exposure to the outside world... Its not just me that deserves appreciation for raising the baby elephants... The Forest department officials, adivasi (indigenous tribal)) community, everyone are delighted... The Theppakadu region of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. Me having raised those two elephant calves is what has taken us so far..." Even as the story of 'The Elephant Whisperers', which bagged the Oscar-winning Best Documentary Short Film, is weaved around their own life and gets much fanfare at the big awards in Las Angeles and all around the globe, it is heartbreaking to see that the protagonists themselves will not be able to watch and enjoy the grand documentary at their village home.

Lagatar24 Desk. New Delhi, March 17: It was truly a memorable day for India as it celebrated its two big wins at the Oscars. Indian documentary film 'The ...

For the respect of indigenous communities. Guneet Monga’s ‘The Elephant Whisperers’, a documentary directed by Kartiki Gonsalves paved the way for many to believe that India truly can take the centre stage globally. New Delhi, March 17: It was truly a memorable day for India as it celebrated its two big wins at the Oscars.

Elephant Whisperers” is based on the bond Mahout Bomman and his wife Bellie developed for the injured baby elephant Raghu they looked after | Latest News ...

We cared for them like our children and we have to let them go if they are sent to someone else.” We went in search of them yesterday [Sunday] and it looks like they have gone into the forest looking for their mothers,” said Bomman. It shows the couple first taking care of Raghu and later three-month-old elephant Ammu. “We have to do something for Raghu and Ammu once I get back...I miss them, but what can I do? The documentary shows the couple’s care for Raghu after it gets separated from its herd in Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai. So that means a lot to us.”

A day after the Indian documentary film 'The Elephant Whisperers' won an Oscar in the 'best documentary short film' category, a large number of tourists ...

Their work wonderfully highlights the importance of sustainable development and living in harmony with nature,” he tweeted. To Guneet, my Producer and my entire team and finally, to my mother, father and sister who are up there somewhere, you're the centre of my universe. For the respect of indigenous communities. The elephant is my favourite animal and the fact that the film won an Oscar does make me delighted and excited," the tourist said, reported news agency ANI. Directed by Kartiki Gonsalves, the Oscar-winning documentary competed against 'Haul Out,' 'How Do You Measure A Year?' 'The Martha Mitchell Effect,' and 'Stranger At The Gate'. The film's plot revolves around a family who adopts two orphaned baby elephants in Tamil Nadu's Mudumalai Tiger Reserve.

A documentary on two orphaned elephant calves at the Theppakadu Camp got the Tamil film, co-edited by Kolkata girl Sanchari Das Mollick, an Oscar for.

“After the screening of all the five nominated films from the short documentary category, I attended a panel discussion of all the nominees. According to her, “The standard of Indian documentaries has gone up in the last 10 to 12 years. I also went to a party of all the women nominees. I really like the professional of the OTT major in supporting the nominees all through.” The film community in LA, she said, has been “very welcoming” and “loving”. He was the one who convinced me to come to Los Angeles for the Oscars. “All the people in my life, including friends I haven’t spoken to in 20 years, friends I speak to everyday have reached out and sent love. She listened with rapt attention while her director gave a moving speech on the motivation behind making the film and dedicated the award to motherland India. So, I was trying to check the news flashes on YouTube. The presence of so many greats, listening to their acceptance speeches and just feeling the electrifying atmosphere – everything is so beautiful. An emotionally charged Sanchari sat in the prestigious Dolby Theatre when her Tamil film on an Indian couple who devote their lives to caring for two orphaned baby elephants at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve was adjuged the winner. At Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre, a video message from the auteur was shown when the award was announced by actor Audrey Hepburn.Sanchari Das Mollick at a party for women nominees

Amitabh Bachchan is elated as India wins two Oscars, for RRR and The Elephant Whisperers. Here's what he said. | Bollywood.

we are no less .. but we do get .. yes we are not considered .. [Bollywood](https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood), [Hollywood](https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/hollywood), [Music](https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music)and [Web Series](https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/web-series)along with [Latest Entertainment News](https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment)at Hindustan Times. Let us see .. RRR's iconic song Naatu Naatu won in the Original Song category at the Oscars, trumping big names such as Rihanna and Lady Gaga. accepting the reward in the eyes of the beholder .. .. they that receive make us proud .. We win !! eventually ..But are we so conscious of the attention .. We win two! We win for country and people!

Dairy giant Amul and Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan were the latest to join in the celebrations. The 95th Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) will ...

We win for the country and the people! Dairy giant [Amul](/industry/amul-india)and Bollywood superstar [Amitabh Bachchan](/panache/panache-people-101/amitabh-bachchan/profileshow/84757148.cms)were the latest to join in the celebrations. The doodle also has the caption, ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ (a reference to the 1971 Rajesh Khanna starrer, which also explored a close bond between an elephant and his caretaker). And in the recent time we or rather I discover, that the attention being drawn to them that perpetuated the Colonial system of rule, are being talked about, debated, and given to public consideration for its adequacy and merit .. we are no less .. The dairy brand dedicated an adorable doodle to ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ team.

The Indian documentary, The Elephant Whisperers, won the Oscar Award under the Best Documentary short category. While the whole nation is revelling in the glory ...

Although I am unaware of these awards and honours, I understand it is a big thing and I am happy about this victory. The film is directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and produced by Guneet Monga. While the whole nation is revelling in the glory, we at Cinema Express reach out to one of the elephant caretakers, Bomman, featured in the documentary.