Pics: The Elephant Whisperers Stars Now Tourist Attraction After Oscar Win
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also congratulated 'The Elephant Whisperers' team.
The documentary competed for the honor with fellow nominees ‘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, which adopts two orphaned baby elephants in Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai Tiger Reserve.
“It is such a great moment. It’s a pleasure to be here. The elephant is my favorite animal and the fact that the film won an Oscar does make me delighted and excited,” said a tourist.
The director of the Tamil documentary, Kartiki Gonsalves, and producer Guneet Monga stepped up to collect the golden statuette at the 95th Academy Awards on Monday (IST).
In her winning speech, Mr Gonsalves said, “I stand here today to speak on the sacred bond between us and our natural world. For the respect of indigenous communities. For entity towards other living beings, we share our space with. And finally for co-existence. Thank you to the academy for recognizing our film highlighting indigenous people and animals. To Netflix for believing in the power of this film.
To Guneet my Producer and my entire team and finally, to my mother father and sister who are up there somewhere, you’re the center of my universe. To my motherland India.”
This is not the first time that Guneet Monga has won an Oscar. In 2019, Monga’s documentary ‘Period. End of Sentence’ bagged an Oscar in the ‘Documentary Short Subject’ category.
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