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. <br />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. <br />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? <br /> <br />KUDRAT from SHANTI SAMSARA by RICKY KEJ <br />Director : Amoghavarsha <br />Filming team : Wild Karnataka <br />Photography : Amoghavarsha, Kalyan Varma and Dilan Mandanna <br />Editing : Prashanth Nayaka and Pradeep Nayak <br />Post production : Pradeep Nayak <br />Supported by : Uma Raghavan <br />Filming production : Sarath Champati <br />Special thanks : Vinay Luthra, Vijay Mohan Raj, Karnataka Forest Department <br /> <br />Composed by Ricky Kej <br />Arranged by Ricky Kej and Jyoti Venkatraman <br />Lead and Scat Vocals: Hariharan <br />Produced by Ricky Kej, Wouter Kellerman, Kabir Sehgal, Vanil Veigas, Raghava KK <br />Executive Producer: Sunny Singh <br />All Western Vocals, Arrangements performed and Produced by Seay <br />Sanskrit Vocal Arrangements and Production: Kedar Pandit <br />Sanskrit Choir: Sanjeev Mehendale, Hrishikesh Kelkar, Saurabh Daftardar, Bhagyashree Abhyankar, Ameeta Ghugari, Manasee Dixit <br />Strings: Raveolution Orchestra <br />Raveolution Strings Conducted and Arranged by Manoj George <br />Violins: Manoj George, Augustine Sandy, Siby Manuel, Jeoffrey Martin, Reuben James, Dawn Jos <br />Violas: Manoj George, Augustine Sandy, Reuben James, Siby Manuel <br />Piri: Seayool Kim <br />Keyboards and Programming: Vanil Veigas, Pancham Singhania, Ricky Kej <br />Percussion: Genevieve Diana D'Silva <br />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 <br /> <br />Lead Vocal recorded by Saibu V Simon at In the Mix Studios, India <br />Sanskrit Language Supervision: Arun Ingle <br />Western Vocals recorded by Jules Delgado, Seay at Tuscan Sun Studios, USA <br />Sanskrit Vocals recorded by Tushar Pandit at Dawn Studio, India <br />Piri recorded by Seayool Kim, Seoul, Korea <br />Strings recorded by Prabhakar M S at SSP Bangalore, India <br />Seay appears courtesy of Tuscan Sun Music <br />Mixed by Vanil Veigas & PA Deepak <br />Mastered by Gavin Lurssen
