Elephant whisperer: Learn how director Kartiki Gonsalves

Learn how director Kartiki Gonsalves captured the story of Bomman, Bellie and Raghu, a couple and an orphaned elephant in South India. Discover the Sony equipment and the challenges of filming this Academy Award-winning documentary. Set in the 100-year-old Theppakadu Elephant Camp, one of the oldest elephant rehabilitation camps in Asia, The Elephant Whisperers is ultimately a love-story about the power of community. What unravels when a tribal couple decides to foster an orphaned baby elephant ? Watch how the arrival of the gentle giant Raghu, transforms the lives of his foster parents forever. The Elephant Whisperers made history by becoming the first Indian documentary to win an Oscar.