A country like India has interesting stories in every corner and there is a need to nurture storytellers, believe Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, the director-producer team behind Netflix바카라s Oscar-nominated documentary 바카라The Elephant Whisperers바카라.
The around 39-minute-long documentary is among the three titles vying for an Oscar on Sunday. It the Documentary Short segment. Shaunak Sen바카라s 바카라All That Breathes바카라, another story on climate change, is nominated in the Documentary Feature category while 바카라RRR바카라 song 바카라Naatu Naatu바카라 hopes to clinch an Academy Award for the Original Song.
바카라India is so vastly big and there's so much to offer from every nook and corner. There are stories that are really small that have so much heart like 바카라The Elephant Whisperers바카라, and then there are beautiful stories like 바카라All That Breathes바카라 that is in the heart of a city.
"So, there's a big range of stories from across India, which really have the potential of going out to the world and being loved by audiences across the oceans,바카라 Gonsalves told PTI in a virtual interview.
Monga, who has worked on films such as 바카라The Lunchbox바카라 and Oscar-winning short documentary 바카라Period. End of Sentence바카라 and co-produced this one, boarded the project around three years ago when the streamer approached her.
She said she was won over by the 바카라empathy and love바카라 that Gonsalves brought to the story.
According to Monga, Indian documentary filmmakers are making great strides internationally and need to be acknowledged for their work.
바카라There is definitely a documentary wave in India. We have incredible filmmakers here. The world is acknowledging that and it needs better structure, better funding. These filmmakers will continue to make India proud and their work is being loved globally,바카라 she added.
The producer said through "The Elephant Whisperers", they wanted to highlight the issue of climate change.
바카라I don't think a film can bring change, but it can get people to value what they are doing and how they can be better and what is their footprint on this earth. Of course, the nomination helps in the publicity,바카라 Monga said.
According to Gonsalves, stories are at the heart of human existence. Her debut project began with a simple curiosity that she had when she spotted a man walking alongside the road with an elephant calf during her journey from Bangalore to Ooty.
She immediately parked her car on the side of the road and followed the pair as they went for their bath in the river.
The elephant calf was Raghu, whose mother was electrocuted after their herd travelled to a nearby village during a prolonged drought. Separated from his herd, Raghu seemed to have found substitute parents in Boman and Bellie, a couple from an indigenous tribe.
바카라This movie began with a bittersweet beginning with the death of Raghu바카라s mother. (But) I wanted the story to be positive and to not focus on all the depressing parts when there's so much beauty and this beautiful, unusual family dynamic.
바카라I just wanted people to be able to understand elephants on a deeper level. And to also recognize how similar they are and how intelligent elephants are, which would eventually help people to want to protect them and the landscape,바카라 she said.
The filmmaker also hoped to highlight the importance of indigenous people and their role in preserving the wildlife.
Gonsalves said when there are so many stories about the danger of animals, she was keen to show the love and connection they have with humans.
바카라That was the core idea with this documentary because the elephant is such a large animal and they need to be treated with respect, and they're capable of lifelong bonds. I hope that people will start seeing them as one of us and not as the other.바카라
