Wild at heart man and beast review11/16/2023 ![]() ![]() The Elephant Whisperers also throws light on how elephants are orphaned and left on streets, during wildfires. ![]() The cinematography also elevates the storytelling for better, when it includes details like honey-tapping, the monkeys eating the leftover food of the elephants that sometimes throw childish tantrums of not being offered their favourite food. The documentary constantly draws parallels between these jumbos and the child-like behaviour it exerts on the caretakers. There are butterflies, monkeys, tigers, peacocks, cranes resting on wild buffaloes, unperturbed hens, and wild pigs on elephants’ paths, which makes us think about the co-habitation of such varied species, especially at a time when human civilisation is marking their territories with all stringent measures possible. We come to know it’s not just a place for elephants. The documentary tucks minute details of its humans, through such dialogues, while it makes ample space to establish the topography of the region with the help of cinematography. Since being stabbed by an adult tusker, Bomman now just tends baby jumbos only. However, this doesn’t make her disrespect the terrain. Bellie is a tribal woman, whose husband was mauled to death by a tiger. I decided to give all my love to this motherless baby.” This apart, the documentary also gives us an outline of who she is. Bellie, who lost her daughter and has a motherly instinct for Raghu, says, “When I first met the baby, he was tugging at my clothes like a child and I felt his love.
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