Bomman and Bellie, the two leading protagonists on whom the Oscar-winning documentary “The Elephant Whisperer” is based have now become instantly recognisable public figures.
This became evident when the two on their way to Ooty in a Indigo flight, received a shout-out from the pilot, following all the passengers loudly applauded them. The video of this posted by Supriya Sahu, an Indian Administrative Officer who is the Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests, Government of Tamil Nadu, has gone viral.
Video:
Nice gesture @IndiGo6E ❤️#TheElephantsWhisperers #TNForest #BommanBellie pic.twitter.com/szjojWmlFI
— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) March 24, 2023
The IAS officer has also shared another video in which the couple are shown taking care of a four-month-old elephant calf in Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai Tiger Reserve.
Video:
The Circle of life continues #TheElephantsWhisperers Bomman & Bellie are now foster parents to another orphaned baby elephant from Dharmapuri,now in #Mudumalai after Team #TNForest tried its best to reunite the 4 months old calf with herd. We are happy he is in safe hands. vc-ss pic.twitter.com/YVbG7bzGJh
— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) March 24, 2023
Meanwhile, Guneet Monga, the producer of the documentary also shared some pictures of the first Press conference in India after winning the Oscar in which the elephant caretakers are seen holding the Oscar statuettes.
Tweet:
An emotional and historic day for us, at the first press conference for #TheElephantWhisperers in India post our Oscar win.
Wouldn’t have been possible without Bomman, Bellie, and the Kattunayakan community’s humility to let @EarthSpectrum tell the story of Raghu and Ammu. pic.twitter.com/uALtPOoY8W
— Guneet Monga (@guneetm) March 23, 2023
