It’s been a year since Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guneet Monga Kapoor made history with her Oscar win for the short documentary The Elephant Whisperers, directed by Indian director-producer Kartiki Gonsalves. It was the first Indian film to win an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Film category. “I am grateful for the honour and the opportunity to represent my country to the world,” she tells ELLE India. Behind the glory and success lies decades of persistence and hard work.
“Nothing is an overnight success. I have been doing this for a long time so it’s the ultimate validation to earn the most coveted award in our industry,” she says. “But I also feel like I am just getting started.” Come behind the scenes with ELLE India and Guneet Monga for our digital cover shoot of May 2024.
Read the complete interview here.
ELLE India Editor: Ainee Nizami Ahmedi; Photographer: Amitava Saha; Cover Design: Sanjana Suvarna; Videographer: Akshay Pawar; Video Editor: Tanish Kothurkar; Fashion Assistant: Komal Shetty; Words: Geetika Sachdev; Hair & Makeup: Bhavya Arora; Bookings Coordinator: Anushka Patil; Assisted by: Aaryaa Chhabria (styling), Jasleen Narang (bookings), Praveen Varma (Hair and Makeup); Artist’s PR Agency: Hardly Anonymous; Draper: Daulli; Production: Tafreeh Studios
