Kartiki Gonsalves - A Lifestory
Nature'S Storyteller, Crafting Impactful Documentaries, Revealing Untold Truths
The name Kartiki Gonsalves now means stories that warm your heart and movies that matter. She is an Indian maker of truelife movies and a picture taker, known for her first movie as a director, "The Elephant Whisperers," a touching short truelife movie that came out in 2022. This movie, a gentle story of a native couple taking care of a baby elephant with no parents, won hearts everywhere and got her and the movie's maker, Guneet Monga, the Academy Award for Best Short TrueLife Movie at the 95th Academy Awards in 2023. Her path to making movies wasn't direct. It was made through a strong love for nature and a wish to share the stories she found. Before her Oscar win, she took pictures for truelife movies, showing the beauty and delicate nature of the world. The success of "The Elephant Whisperers" is not just about awards. It is about how the movie has helped make people more aware of saving elephants and the importance of native groups. As Gonsalves has said, the movie shows the "special link" between people and animals. With this success, Kartiki has made it easier for more real stories from India to reach people all over the world. She keeps inspiring new movie makers and story tellers everywhere.
