{"id":4432,"date":"2016-07-05T04:25:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T22:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=4432"},"modified":"2016-07-05T04:25:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T22:55:27","slug":"animal-friendship-haathi-mere-saathi-junglee-elephant-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=4432","title":{"rendered":"Before Haathi Mere Saathi and Junglee, Elephant Boy Started Our Jumbo Friendship with the Pachyderm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"container page-content\"><p><span class=\"dropcap\">H<\/span><\/p><\/div><p>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ollywood director Chuck Russell\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Junglee<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 starring Vidyut Jammwal as a military veteran who fights a poaching ring in an elephant reserve \u2013 brings Bollywood\u2019s focus back to one of the moskt indelible friendships between humans and elephants. A friendship that has endured longer than the bond between Jai and Veeru and Meow and Rats.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though the credit for cementing this onscreen elephant frenzy in Hindi cinema goes to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haathi Mere Saathi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1971), something a lot of people may not know is that this trope can be traced back to a 1937 British film called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Elephant Boy,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an adaptation of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/people\/rudyard-kipling-jungle-book-mowgli-sher-khan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rudyard Kipling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s short story, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toomai of the Elephants<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Directed by Zoltan Korda and Robert J Flaherty, it was largely set in India and facilitated the debut of 12-year-old Sabu Dastagir, a young Indian actor, who could have possibly been the country\u2019s first crossover star.<\/span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Elephant Boy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> chronicled the friendship between a young Toomai (Sabu Dastagir) and his pet elephant Kala Nag. It follows Toomai\u2019s efforts to save his only friend in the world from getting killed after a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/series\/remnants-of-the-raj\/a-for-aspiration-b-for-british-raj-learning-english-independence-day-series\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> officer hands Kala Nag to a cruel mahout following the death of his father. It is during this adventure that Toomai \u2013 who dreams of being a hunter \u2013 witnesses the dance of the elephants, which, as per legend, can make one a great hunter. The film ultimately ends with Toomai getting reunited with Kala Nag and finding a mentor who promises to teach him the tricks of the trade.<\/span>\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>But the real heroes are the animals \u2013 who are more compassionate than man who is absorbed by greed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Elephant Boy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had almost everything that can be expected from a \u201930s British movie set in India: It starred a reliable protagonist who is willing to go to any length to please his white master. The white master in return, is largely a kind and affable man who knows what is best for the native. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, Sabu\u2019s Toomai made for a fascinating protagonist, considering his willingness to please everyone ends up making him the perfect colonised subject. For instance, when Kala Nag and Toomai\u2019s father get hired by the British officer, Toomai is shown telling him that he is willing to run all errands for him. In doing so, the film gives a vivid picture of the dependency on Indians to capture and plunder the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/series\/the-real-high\/into-the-wild-in-search-of-the-real-high\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">natural resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the country. It also depicts colonialism as a benevolent mechanism: Kala Nag, an animal who didn\u2019t get to have a say over his own fate then, becomes synonymous with India&#8217;s own plight, a nation without freedom and will. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toomai and Kala Nag&#8217;s friendship perfectly sums up the relationship that the nation has had with elephants in general. These gentle giants symbolise loyalty \u2013 they are protective and in times of need, can be menacing enough to save their loved ones. Though these films on friendship with the pachyderm follow a similar template of buddy films, they were still different in how they portray the relationship between man and animal. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haathi Mere Saathi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1971), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1976), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safed Haathi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1978) reiterated that man could rely on animals more than he could on his own people. An <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/animals\/how-to-train-your-elephant\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">elephant<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, then, was also used to highlight the fickleness of human emotions. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the recurring themes in the elephant genre is highlighting human cunningness and apathy which tests the very essence of a bond between man and animal. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haathi Mere Saathi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is about an orphan boy Raju, played by Rajesh Khanna, and his family of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/animals\/my-years-with-a-killer-elephant\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">four elephants<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, of which Ramu is his closest aide. The pachyderms are his ticket to success. Once Raju is married and has a kid, the wife asks him to pick between his family and pets. In the end, Ramu, in an attempt to bring the estranged lovers together, sacrifices his life. <\/span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safed Haathi,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a National Award-winning film, is again a story of friendship between a boy Sibu and his rare <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/animals\/kerala-elephant-pooram-animal-cruelty\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">white elephant<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Airawat. Sibu\u2019s uncle and aunt are promised a handsome reward by a maharaja and in turn they have to lead him to the elephant. The king captures the beast but Sibu and his other friends from the jungle rescue Airawat. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The protagonist in these films have to deal with megalomaniacs in the form of businessmen and hunters, who want to capture these magnificent beasts for their own benefit. But the real heroes are the animals \u2013 who are more compassionate than man who is absorbed by greed. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But even before these stories of friendship, elephants were a regular feature in Hindi cinema. These movies heavily relied on portraying them as divine beings, partly due to their connection to Ganesha, or prepping them up as war machines, like in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mughal-e-Azam<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (1960). It\u2019s in this narrative that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haathi Mere Saathi <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managed to propose a different template, owing its ingenuity to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Elephant Boy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite these tear-jerkers, elephants, irrespective of their divine connection, are often treated badly. They are caged and enslaved, used in circuses and safari rides. And Bollywood has been no different \u2013 milking elephants for entertainment. But let\u2019s hope that in an environment-conscious world we dig deeper. Let\u2019s hope <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Junglee <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pushes us to put on our thinking hats. We definitely need a jumbo-sized one. <\/span>\n\n\u00a0\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood director Chuck Russell\u2019s Junglee \u2013 the story of a military veteran who fights a poaching ring in an elephant reserve \u2013 brings back memories of Haathi Mere Saathi. 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