if youve always been interested in the elephants but have rarely got the opportunity to see the majestic animal up close in its natural habitat fret not the karnataka forest department will soon start filming a 15minute short film to be shot at the dubare elephant camp nagarahole national park bandipur national park and the surrounding areas of male mahadeshwara hills the title of the movie is yet to be fixedshorter version to screen at gajapayana deputy conservator of forests mysuru division v yedukondalu says ldquowe are looking at screening a fiveminute version of the film during gajapayana journey of elephants which kickstarts at veerahosanahalli of nagarahole national park on august 14 since we are expecting 5000 people to attend the event to be screened across karnataka the film provides information about the behaviour of pachyderms khedda operations how the animal coexisted with human beings since ages and their socio cultural relationships with human beings the short will portray every stakeholders view on elephants including that of conservationists mahouts villagers and tribals who are living on the fringes of the forest areardquoelephants vital in ecological balance ldquothe film highlights how elephants traverse from one forest to another depending on how the season spans out and their role in protecting forest vegetation it will also try to provide a solution to the growing mananimal conflict and what human beings have to do to prevent this conflict man is responsible for the conflict as they have encroached into forest areas forcing the animals to stray into human settlements frequentlyrdquo he saysdasara jumbos make it to the film ldquofamous jumbos that carried the golden howdah during the vijayadashmi procession like drona balrama and arjuna and the qualities that sets them apart from the other elephants and their relationship with the erstwhile mysuru royal family will be showcased in the movierdquo adds an official