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The Elephant Whisperers - The Stories Untold and Now heard

  “ Whispers are often thunderous” ―  Richard Smyth,  Wild Ink Opening Note A fortnight ago, I opened up my morning daily to see that the ‘Nattu, Nattu’ song, scored by M.M.Keeravani and choreographed in the most dramatic sequence with some electrifying movements by Junior NTR and Ramcharan duo from the Rajmouli fame ‘RRR’, a 2022 multi-lingual Indian movie has been nominated for the 2023 Oscars Academy Award under the Original Song category. The news in the column next to it that another title ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ from India has been nominated for documentary short film drew my attention. This documentary entirely shot in the Muduamalai Tiger Reserve of the Nilgris in Tamil Nadu is a Sikhya Entertainment Production by Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga  Historical Heritage of Elephant in Bharat and in the Tamil country A little insight into the historical perspective about man’s association with elephants is considered relevant to understand the issues flagged in the documentary