It’s been greater than 24 hours since India made a wonderful illustration on the Oscars 2023 by way of taking house two awards again house. With considered one of them being documentary The Elephant Whisperers, which bagged below the class Absolute best documentary Brief, reviews have been doing rounds that the elephant caretakers featured in it are but to look the documentary.

On the other hand, brushing aside the claims, Kartiki Gonsalves, who directed and in addition labored as one of the most cinematographers within the documentary stated that the caretakers have noticed the movie and was once in truth, a few of the firsts to look at it. Taking to Twitter, she wrote “I’d like to handle that Bomman and Bellie have been the first actual other people to look at the documentary at a different viewing by way of me. They are living within the core space of the woodland and shouldn’t have get right of entry to to streaming channels.”

The Elephant Whisperers is ready within the Theppakadu Elephant Camp and follows the lives of 2 caretakers Bomman and Bellie who take two elephant calves Raghu and Ammukutty below their wings. The documentary additionally explores the human-animal courting, the desert of nature, the tradition of indigenous tribe.

The documentary is produced by way of Guneet Monga and is to be had for streaming on Netflix.

I’d like to handle that Bomman and Bellie have been the first actual other people to look at the documentary at a different viewing by way of me. They are living within the core space of the woodland and shouldn’t have get right of entry to to streaming channels. https://t.co/W8WYVPFOdp

— Kartiki Gonsalves (@EarthSpectrum) March 14, 2023