Human-elephant conflict is dramatically on the rise and has become a major issue in the fight to save Asia’s endangered elephants. In January 2016, wildlife photographer Amoghavarsha and Ricky Kej travelled to the Bandipur Forest, 150 kms from his hometown, Bangalore. Amoghavarsha showed Ricky the tragic consequences of human encroachment and greed. As a result of growing populations and the fragmentation of elephant habitat, human-elephant conflicts (HEC) have replaced poaching as the major cause of elephant mortality.
With the help of his colleagues Kalyan Varma & Dilan Mandanna- Amoghavarsha created a music video for the song ‘Kudrat’ from “Shanti Samsara” to showcase the beauty of the elephant, and the devastating effects of Human-Elephant conflicts.
When we hear of human-elephant conflict and loss of life and property damage, most would agree that “capture” sounds like a logical and “humane” solution, but do we know the ultimate impact upon the animals? Is it really a solution and at what cost?
KUDRAT from SHANTI SAMSARA by RICKY KEJ
Director : Amoghavarsha
Filming team : Wild Karnataka
Photography : Amoghavarsha, Kalyan Varma and Dilan Mandanna
Editing : Prashanth Nayaka and Pradeep Nayak
Post production : Pradeep Nayak
Supported by : Uma Raghavan
Filming production : Sarath Champati
Special thanks : Vinay Luthra, Vijay Mohan Raj, Karnataka Forest Department
Composed by Ricky Kej
Arranged by Ricky Kej and Jyoti Venkatraman
Lead and Scat Vocals: Hariharan
Produced by Ricky Kej, Wouter Kellerman, Kabir Sehgal, Vanil Veigas, Raghava KK
Executive Producer: Sunny Singh
All Western Vocals, Arrangements performed and Produced by Seay
Sanskrit Vocal Arrangements and Production: Kedar Pandit
Sanskrit Choir: Sanjeev Mehendale, Hrishikesh Kelkar, Saurabh Daftardar, Bhagyashree Abhyankar, Ameeta Ghugari, Manasee Dixit
Strings: Raveolution Orchestra
Raveolution Strings Conducted and Arranged by Manoj George
Violins: Manoj George, Augustine Sandy, Siby Manuel, Jeoffrey Martin, Reuben James, Dawn Jos
Violas: Manoj George, Augustine Sandy, Reuben James, Siby Manuel
Piri: Seayool Kim
Keyboards and Programming: Vanil Veigas, Pancham Singhania, Ricky Kej
Percussion: Genevieve Diana D'Silva
Latin Lyrics adapted by Seay from "The Canticle Of The Sun- The Prayer of Saint Francis-Canticle Of The Creatures", Saint Francis of Assisi 1224 AD
Lead Vocal recorded by Saibu V Simon at In the Mix Studios, India
Sanskrit Language Supervision: Arun Ingle
Western Vocals recorded by Jules Delgado, Seay at Tuscan Sun Studios, USA
Sanskrit Vocals recorded by Tushar Pandit at Dawn Studio, India
Piri recorded by Seayool Kim, Seoul, Korea
Strings recorded by Prabhakar M S at SSP Bangalore, India
Seay appears courtesy of Tuscan Sun Music
Mixed by Vanil Veigas & PA Deepak
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen
