Oscar Nominations For ‘The Elephant Whisperer’ And ’All That Breathes’

LOS ANGELES: Kartiki Gonsalves’ directorial ‘The Elephant Whisperer’ has made it into the Oscar race by getting nominated in the Documentary Short Film category. The short documentary will be contending alongside ‘Haulout’, ‘How Do You Measure a Year?’ (Jay Rosenblatt Films), ‘The Martha Mitchell Effect” (Netflix)’ and ‘Stranger at the Gate’.

‘The Elephant Whisperer’ talks about Bomman and Bellie, a couple in South India, who devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family that tests the barrier between the human and the animal world.

The documentary marks the debut of Kartiki Gonsalves and is produced by Guneet Monga and Achin Jain under the banner of Sikhya Entertainment.

Shaunak Sen’s directorial ‘All That Breathes’ was nominated in the Documentary Feature Film category.

The documentary has nominated alongside films such as ‘All That Beauty And Bloodshed’, Fire Of Love’, ‘A House Made of Splinters’ and ‘Navalny’.

The documentary is set in the darkening backdrop of Delhi’s air and escalating violence, in which two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times -- a black kite.

Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) It’s official! Athiya Shetty and cricketer KL Rahul have been pronounced the man and the wife. The wedding ceremony, which took place on Monday at Suniel Shetty’s farmhouse in Khandala, saw the pheras taking place close to the magic hour in the evening.

After the ceremony concluded, Suniel and his son Ahan Shetty came out of the venue, greeted the media and distributed sweets to the media personnel stationed outside the venue.

The father-son duo donned Indian ethnic wear. While Suniel wore a crepe coloured Kurta and pyjama, his son was seen decked up in all white ethnic attire.

Expressing his happiness, Suniel told the media that he is very happy as the function went on really well and the family has something planned up for the reception once the Indian Premier League gets completed given Rahul has work commitments in the cricket league.

The ‘Phir Hera Pheri’ actor also mentioned that he still remains a father for Rahul like he is for his daughter Athiya and opined that the ‘in-law’ is a thing of the past.

Ahead of the wedding, Athiya and KL Rahul hosted a sangeet night for their guests. Suniel and his wife Mana, along with

Athiya’s besties Krishna Shroff and Akansha Ranjan had set the dance floor on fire with the celebrations.