The Elephant Whisperers: The short documentary film 'The Elephant Whispers', which has won the Oscars, is being discussed everywhere these days. This 39-minute Oscar-winning documentary highlights the beautiful relationship between humans and elephants. This documentary movie is available on Netflix in Hindi, English, Telugu and Tamil languages. Do you know that the place where this movie was shot is very beautiful and is a best tourist spot for people who are fond of traveling.
There is a house of elephants near the lush green forests present in Ooty amidst the hills of Nilgiris. Here is Theppakadu Elephant Camp, which is one of the habitats of wild elephants. Here you will see all the elephants roaming around. This is the same place where the Oscar winning short film 'The Elephant Whispers' was shot. This has happened for the first time, when an Indian production has been given an Academy Award.
Theppakadu Elephant Camp, located in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, is the oldest elephant camp in Asia. It was established about 105 years ago and since then many wild elephants reside here. They are well taken care of.
Theppakadu Elephant Camp
There are currently 28 elephants in this camp located on the banks of Moyar river. A group of mahouts trains and takes care of these elephants. Theppakadu Elephant Camp is part of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, which has a sizeable population of the indigenous Kattunayakan tribes. Bowman and Bailey are related to them only.
The Theppakadu Elephant Camp also has a number of unruly elephants, who enter human settlements and fight with them. These elephants are given proper training in these camps and are made into kumki elephants. The mahouts here take care of the elephants and give them good training. The lives of many elephants have been given a better direction here. One such elephant is 'murti', which became the reason for the death of 22 people. However, now with 12 years of love, care and good training, he has come a long and good way.
Kartiki Gonsalves lived in Tiger Reserve for 5 years
The Oscar Award winning film 'The Elephant Whispers' has been directed by Karthik Gonsalves. While its producer is Guneet Monga. This film was shot in Elephant Camp. Kartiki Gonsalves lived in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve for 5 years for the shooting of this documentary film.
Lots to do for travel enthusiasts
Ooty is considered to be a beautiful and quiet hill station in South. There is a lot to see here, such as Ooty Boat House, Waterfalls, Rose Garden, various lakes etc. You can also enjoy the delicious dishes here. Whenever you plan to visit Ooty, do include this beautiful camp in your list.
