The Elephant Whisperers

The Elephant Whisperers
Official release poster
Directed by
Produced by
  • Guneet Monga
  • Achin Jain
Cinematography
  • Karan Thapliyal
  • Krish Makhija
  • Anand Bansal
  • Kartiki Gonsalves
Edited by
  • Sanchari Das Mollick
  • Douglas Blush
Music by
  • Sven Faulconer
Production
company
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 8 December 2022 (2022-12-08)
Running time
39 minutes
CountriesIndia
United States
LanguagesTamil
Jennu Kurumba[a]

The Elephant Whisperers is a 2022 Indian documentary film directed by documentary filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves. The documentary is about the bond that develops between a couple and an orphaned baby elephant, Raghu, who was entrusted to their care. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film at the 95th Academy Awards,[3][4] making it the first Indian film to win an Academy Award in that category,[5] surpassing other nominees such as Stranger at the Gate and How do you Measure a Year?.[6]

The film had its world premiere on 9 November 2022 at Doc NYC Film Festival, a film festival for documentaries in the United States.[7][8]

The film is produced by Mumbai based production house Sikhya Entertainment, led by Guneet Monga Kapoor and Achin Jain. It was released by Netflix globally on 8 December 2022 for streaming.[9]

  1. ^ Keswani, Pallavi (27 December 2022). "'The Elephant Whisperers' documentary review: A strikingly-lush safari on the co-existence of man and nature". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Indigenous People's Plan: Kattunayakans" (PDF). Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference oscarnom:hr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "2023 Oscars Nominations: See the Full List". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 January 2023. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. ^ "The Elephant Whisperers scripts history with 1st Oscar for an Indian production, Guneet Monga says 'two women did it'". Hindustan Times. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  6. ^ "The Elephant Whisperers: Indian short documentary is best at Oscars 2023". 13 March 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  7. ^ Carey, Matthew (18 October 2022). "DOC NYC Shortlist Announcement Brings Focus To Wide-Open Documentary Awards Race". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  8. ^ "The Elephant Whisperers". Doc NYC. 9–27 November 2022. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  9. ^ IANS (22 November 2022). "Documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers' To Drop On December 8 On Netflix". Outlook. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).


© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search