Indian quick documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ by Guneet Monga and Kartiki Gonsalves wins the Oscar
On Monday (March 13), the Indian quick documentary movie ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ gained the ‘Best Documentary Short’ class on the ninety fifth version of the Oscars.
Directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and produced by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain, the documentary quick scripted historical past by being the first-ever recipient of the Academy Award for an Indian manufacturing within the class.
The 41-minute lengthy quick competed in opposition to different acclaimed movies together with ‘Stranger At The Gate’, ‘The Martha Mitchell Effect’, ‘How Do You Measure a Year?’ and ‘Haulout.’
We simply win the primary ever Oscar for an Indian Production!
Two girls did this! I’m nonetheless shivering ♥️🐘♥️🐘♥️
— Guneet Monga (@guneetm) March 13, 2023
In a tweet, producer Guneet Monga wrote, “We just win the first-ever Oscar for an Indian Production! Two women did this! I am still shivering.”
It should be talked about that solely two different Indian shorts, particularly, ‘The House That Ananda Built’ (1969) and ‘An Encounter With Faces’ (1979) had beforehand been nominated on this class.
‘The Elephant Whisperers’ narrates the story of two orphan child elephants that had been adopted by an indigenous household from the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu.
Here’s the energetic efficiency of “Naatu Naatu” from #RRR on the #Oscars. https://t.co/ndiKiHeOT5 pic.twitter.com/Lf2nP826c4
— Variety (@Variety) March 13, 2023
Interestingly, it additionally occurs to be the directional debut of Kartiki Gonsalves. The quick documentary is out there on the video streaming service, Netflix.
Besides the ‘Elephant Whisperers’, the music ‘Naatu Naatu’ from the film ‘RRR’ has gained the Academy Award within the ‘best original song’ class.
The music has been composed by veteran music director MM Keeravaani and penned by Kala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj. The movie ‘All that Breathes’, directed by Shaunak Sen, was nominated for Oscars within the ‘Best Documentary Feature Film category’ but it surely did not bag the coveted award.
