Chennai, May 10 (Ians) Chennai Super Kings felicitated real-life heroes Bomman and Bellie, the elephant caregivers, and Oscar-winning filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves in a special event here.
Captain Ms Dhoni presented personalised Csk jerseys to the trio after training at the Ma Chidambaram stadium on Tuesday.
Additionally, Chennai Super Kings will also be conducting a special felicitation ceremony for the caregiving couple and the filmmaker at the stadium ahead of the match against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday.
Rupa Gurunath, owner Chennai Super Kings, will hand over mementoes along with Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited CEO Ks Viswanathan.
Csk will also present a cheque to Mudumalai Tiger Conservation Foundation towards the welfare of elephants.
“We are very happy to celebrate our elephant caregivers Bomman and Bellie along with Kartiki, whose engrossing storytelling spread the heart-warming tale far and wide. It is a matter of great pride for all of us that our own...
Captain Ms Dhoni presented personalised Csk jerseys to the trio after training at the Ma Chidambaram stadium on Tuesday.
Additionally, Chennai Super Kings will also be conducting a special felicitation ceremony for the caregiving couple and the filmmaker at the stadium ahead of the match against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday.
Rupa Gurunath, owner Chennai Super Kings, will hand over mementoes along with Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited CEO Ks Viswanathan.
Csk will also present a cheque to Mudumalai Tiger Conservation Foundation towards the welfare of elephants.
“We are very happy to celebrate our elephant caregivers Bomman and Bellie along with Kartiki, whose engrossing storytelling spread the heart-warming tale far and wide. It is a matter of great pride for all of us that our own...
- 5/10/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
NewsSharing the picture on Instagram, The Elephant Whisperers director Kartiki Gonsalves said the documentary’s cast reunited at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve after six years.Instagram / Kartiki GonsalvesFilmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves, who directed the Oscar-winning The Elephant Whisperers, took to Instagram on Sunday, April 9, to share a picture of the documentary’s protagonists posing with the Oscar trophy. Besides the Kattunayakar couple Bomman and Bellie, the picture also featured the now-famous elephant calves Raghu and Ammu (also known as Bommi). Posting the picture on Instagram, Kartiki said the documentary’s cast was reuniting at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve after six years. In the photo, Kartiki and Bomman can be seen holding the Oscar trophy as she stands in front of Raghu and Bommi, the elephants’ trunks too extending towards the award. Bellie and a mahout looks on. Kartiki captioned the post: “Our complete family together reunited right here right now in...
- 4/10/2023
- by LakshmiP
- The News Minute
AnalysisFrom the threat of undesirable interactions with the wildlife that endanger their lives to the systemic tribal acculturation to Hinduism, there is much more to the lives of Kattunayakars than caring for gentle elephant calves, writes Nithya Pandian.ScreengrabIn an interview with the Mid-Day around two months ago, filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves said she wanted to “give the indigenous people of the forest a voice,” and “capture their symbiotic relationship with their habitat” through her Oscar-winning documentary short The Elephant Whisperers. She also wanted to focus on the positives alone, she said, since “every story talked about man-animal conflicts.” As a developmental journalist who has been reporting on the concerns of indigenous communities in Nilgiris and Anamalai for years, I wonder how difficult it must have been to handpick these positives from an otherwise overwhelmingly negative situation, that holds little hope for tribal emancipation. There is something to be said about...
- 4/4/2023
- by AjayR
- The News Minute
As ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ continues to gain momentum with regards to the audience appreciation, after its big win at the 95th Academy Awards, the humble elephant caretakers Bomman and Belie from the film have become stars. The pair was recently greeted with audience applause during the onboarding process of their flight.
Earlier, the two were felicitated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin.
A video shared on Twitter by Ias officer Supriya Sahu shows the pilot making an in-flight announcement to welcome the duo. The video starts off as the pilot shares with everyone that they have Bomman and Bellie onboard.
So far, the clip has garnered more than 28,000 views with the numbers only increasing. It also received close to 2,100 likes. People posted various comments while reacting to the video.
‘The Elephant Whisperers’ brought laurels to the country as it bagged the Best Documentary Short title at the recently concluded Oscars.
Earlier, the two were felicitated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin.
A video shared on Twitter by Ias officer Supriya Sahu shows the pilot making an in-flight announcement to welcome the duo. The video starts off as the pilot shares with everyone that they have Bomman and Bellie onboard.
So far, the clip has garnered more than 28,000 views with the numbers only increasing. It also received close to 2,100 likes. People posted various comments while reacting to the video.
‘The Elephant Whisperers’ brought laurels to the country as it bagged the Best Documentary Short title at the recently concluded Oscars.
- 3/24/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Bellie, the woman who raised baby elephant Raghu in the Oscar winning short documentary “The Elephant Whisperers’, has said that she was earlier apprehensive at the prospect.
Bellie and Bomman were recently felicitated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
Talking to the media at a post-Oscars celebration event, Belli said in Tamil: “I was really apprehensive of raising Raghu earlier because I knew that one day Raghu will have to go in the wild, the world where he belongs.”
“To take any child away from a mother is not a painful experience to say the least. But when I came to know that Raghu’s mother had passed away, I couldn’t say no to being with him. How could you say no to such a beautiful baby?”
“The Elephant Whisperers” is streaming on Netflix.
Bellie and Bomman were recently felicitated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
Talking to the media at a post-Oscars celebration event, Belli said in Tamil: “I was really apprehensive of raising Raghu earlier because I knew that one day Raghu will have to go in the wild, the world where he belongs.”
“To take any child away from a mother is not a painful experience to say the least. But when I came to know that Raghu’s mother had passed away, I couldn’t say no to being with him. How could you say no to such a beautiful baby?”
“The Elephant Whisperers” is streaming on Netflix.
- 3/23/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Oscars 2023Director Kartiki Gonsalves posted a picture of the couple holding the Academy Award for Best Documentary Film (Short)Courtesy/KaritikiGonsalvesInstagramKartiki Gonsalves, director of The Elephant Whisperers, posted a picture of Bomman and Bellie posing with the Oscar award won by the film. The film bagged the Academy Award for best Documentary Film (Short). The Elephant Whisperers follows a couple, Bomman and Bellie, who adopt two orphaned elephants in Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai reserve forest. The couple finally got to hold the prestigious gold statutette. Kartiki Gonsalves shared a photo of the couple to her Instagram account and captioned it, “It's been a long four months since we've been apart and now I feel like I'm home... @theelephantwhisperers.” Earlier this week, March 21 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Mk Stalin felicitated Kartiki Gonsalves. He also handed over a cheque worth Rs 1 crore to Kartiki after he praised her for the movie. He...
- 3/23/2023
- by BharathyS
- The News Minute
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