Filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves, who brought home an Oscar for India with her short documentary, The Elephant Whisperers, is not really thinking to venture into commercial entertainers.
Speaking to the media on Thursday, the Oscar-winning filmmaker said, “I’m really not thinking of getting into the space of huge commercial films. Documentaries are a space that I love working in”.
She added, “I’m a natural history photographer and I feel this is the space that I thrive and best function in. While I may not know what future holds for me when it comes to massy film, for this moment, I would like to work in documentaries only”.
The Elephant Whisperersis streaming on Netflix.
Bomman and Belli pose with Oscar award
The couple Bomman and Belli, who were a part of the documentary The Elephant Whisperers, which won the 95th Academy Awards, finally got to hold the golden statuette.
The director of the documentary Kartiki Gonsalves shared a photo featuring the them holding the award, smiling for the camera.
Kartiki captioned the image: “It’s been a long four months since we’ve been apart and now I feel like I’m home… @theelephantwhisperers.” (IANS)