Oscars 95: Indian film 'The Elephant Whisperers' wins for the Best Documentary Short Film

The wait for RRR's feat with Naatu Naatu at the Oscars continues to be a wait as of now but before that, India has already created history indeed. India's film, The Elephant Whisperers has won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film.

Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga’s Netflix documentary short was one of the favorites to win it.

The film was competing against Haulout, How Do You Measure a Year?, The Martha Mitchell Effect and Stranger At The Gate. Director Gonzalves dedicated the award to ‘my motherland, India’.

Till the time, Monga got a chance to come to the mic and speak, the music started playing and while the viewers at home weren't able to listen to what she had to say, she did say something with gusto celebrating the win which was hooted and cheered on by everyone in attendance. 

Produced by Achin Jain and Guneet Monga, and directed by Kartiki Gonsalves, the 41-minute short follows the family from Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai Tiger Reserve who end up adopting two orphan baby elephants. What was special about this India short was that it happened to be filmmaker Gonsalves’ directorial debut.