The Indian documentary, The Elephant Whisperers, gained the Oscar Award below the Absolute best Documentary brief class. Whilst the entire country is revelling within the glory, we at Cinema Specific succeed in out to one of the crucial elephant caretakers, Bomman, featured within the documentary.

A long way from the internal wooded area close to Hogenakkal, Bomman joins us over a phone dialog. Requested if he knew in regards to the giant win, he says, “Lately morning, after I moved to a spot the place there was once community connectivity, my telephone began bustling. And it has no longer stopped since then. Simplest with those back-to-back calls and messages, I understood that our documentary is being spoken about the world over. And that it has gained the most important award.”

Bomman additionally recollects how the documentary was once shot over 5 years sooner than the Covid-19 imposed lockdown. “They captured our day by day affairs and the time we spent taking good care of Raghu and Ammu. It was once an excessively informal and wonderful adventure. Even if I am unaware of those awards and honours, I comprehend it is a large factor and I’m satisfied about this victory. I’ve no longer spoken to the makers but. But if they go back, I want to be offering them one thing as a token of affection for his or her giant win. My spouse’s pleasure is aware of no bounds. The elephant calves are hail and wholesome within the Mudumalai tiger reserve.”

The Elephant Whisperers is ready Theppakadu Elephant Camp of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in India’s Tamil Nadu and lines the lives of 2 elephant caretakers Bomman and Bellie, who belong to the tribe of the land. The heartening documentary presentations the comfortable dating between the caretakers and jumbos, Ammu and Raghu, who’re taken below their wings. The movie is directed through Kartiki Gonsalves and produced through Guneet Monga.