It is a historic day for India as the Indian documentary film 'Elephant Whisperers' won the Oscar in the 'Best Documentary Short Film' category at the 95th Academy Awards. The documentary depicts an unbreakable bond between two abandoned elephants and their caretakers.
Indian Forest Service officer Sudha Ramen commented, ''Truly a proud moment for India and Tamil Nadu This true love & the strong bond between the foster parents & the orphaned elephant calf gets one other coveted recognition to Tamil Nadu's conservation efforts and to the Mudumalai Elephant camp.''
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The Elephant Whisperers, set in the Mudumalai National Park, is the tale of an orphaned elephant calf named Raghu in the care of Bomman and Belli, an indigenous couple. The documentary celebrates not just the bond that develops between them as well as the natural beauty of their surroundings. The Elephant Whisperers was released on Netflix in December 2022.
Surrounded by the Nilgiris, and just beyond the Mayar river, Bomman, Bellie, and their child Raghu (an elephant) live in the heart of the Theppakadu Elephant camp, at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. In her short documentary, Kartiki Gonsalves follows this family of three, across changing seasons of the forest.
The kingdom of Vijayanagara was a well-planned city, replete with a royal enclosure, a separate quarters for the queens, an elephant stable of stature, military structures and forts. While several temples dot this landscape, the one that caught my eye was the Hazara Rama temple.
Watch this 40 min documentary of incredibly heartwarming story of a Southern Indian couple who raise orphaned baby elephants and how their lives changed. This will probably be the best thing you watch before 2022 ends.
"The Whingdingdilly came out of a guessing game when I visited schools years ago to talk with the kids and draw pictures for them. I made animal drawings on an over-sized sketch pad so everyone could watch - and as soon as I started a drawing the kids all tried to guess what it might be. I liked to keep them guessing as long as possible and put off drawing the most recognizable parts of the animal until the last minute. But I could never fool them for long, especially when it came to elephants. Even if I avoided the trunk and ears and started with a foot and a few toe nails someone in the group would whisper, 'Elephant' and the word was out. And suddenly they were all shouting 'Elephant! Elephant! Elephant!' and the guessing game was over. Being a poor loser, I finally resorted to trickery, and after starting a drawing of an animal they were sure to recognize I'd switch to another animal. For instance, I might start with a rhino's head with a horned snout and have them shouting, 'Rhino! Rhino!!', then quickly add moose horns, a shaggy lions mane, a giraffe's neck, or whatever came to mind. Then there were shouts of 'Not fair!! Not fair! That's cheating!' But their protests were always in fun, and as I continued to add odd parts to the 'thing' the kids were laughing all the way. And the spontaneous laughter from a room full of kids is no less than joyful beautiful music. If the 'whatcha-ma-call-its' I drew were funny to the kids, it seemed to me one belonged in a storybook. So I designed a combination rhino, giraffe, elephant, camel, zebra, reindeer, and last but not least, one part dog. For as it turns out the dog is the most important part of the 'thing' since the story is about and old farm dog named 'Scamp', and the hodgepodge of an animal finally became 'The Whingdingdilly', which is also the title of the tall tale."
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