Kartiki Gonsalves the director of the 'The Elephant Whisperers', which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film, says, the protagonists of the film, Bomman and Bellie were the first were to watch the film. She tweeted to say, "I'd like to address that Bomman and Bellie were the very first people to watch the documentary at a special viewing by me. They live in the core area of the forest and do not have access to streaming channels."