the story shooting an elephant took place in india.
the story shooting an elephant took place in india.
where does the story shooting an elephant take place?
india
much of the elephant trade is the result of tourism, and many other elephant farms get their elephants illegally by buying them from people who poach them from the wild. many of these elephants are captured in myanmar, and are easily sold in thailand on the thai-burma border. to capture them, they are herded into pit traps, where older elephant are often shot and younger elephants are captured and then sold. this is because tourists prefer to see younger elephants, which has made the current price for young elephants around $33,000. as of 2015, it is estimated that every week, one baby elephant is smuggled into thailand to become part of the elephant tourist industry. once they are captured, they are beaten in order to be domesticated. this practice must be done before they can be ridden, and is called phajeen, or "the crush". this practice is allowed to take place since elephants don’t need to be registered by the thai government until they are eight years old. it is also easy to say an elephant was born in animal and to fake their documentation about their birth and ownership. even when they are registered, the laws that the thai government has put in place to protect elephants are not always enforced. for example, although in 2012 the thai government tried to stop the trade of elephants from myanmar, between 2011–2013 it is estimated that up to 81% of elephants in the thai tourism industry were illegally captured. at some elephant farms where these elephants are sold, elephants are controlled and made to do certain tricks by using metal bull-hooks and nails. these tricks include painting, dancing, and walking on two legs.
patara elephant farm
honest and diligent forest officer kishan srivastav (jackie shroff) and his wife jaya (jaya pradha) come to the rural area of ramgarh, and upset the criminal activities of thakur dayalu (anupam kher), a corrupt police inspector, kiran kumar (kiran kumar) and their cronies, which include the capture and death of wildlife, so that dayalu can decorate his palatial home. kishan attempts to disrupt their criminal activities, he finds that dayalu singh has by-passed him and complained to his superiors, thereby getting him dismissed from employment and being framed and imprisoned for a murder. apparently, this is not the only time that dayalu has got away with murder. he had also killed gopal (sunny deol) in the presence of his to-be bride, jugni (sridevi), making her lose her sanity. dayalu frames jugni's dad, jwalaprasad (kulbhushan kharbanda) for the murder of gopal. and with jaya all by herself, dayalu turn his lustful eyes on her. but just at the right moment, ramu, a baby elephant comes to her rescue and fights with the thakur. when kishan is jailed for 7 years, his wife jaya faints in the court and falls sick. her son and ramu the elephant take care of her, doing a street play to earn money for her medicines. kishan escapes from jail with the help of ramu the elephant, who packs his favorite boots for him. ramu helps the family flee from the clutches of thakur and his crony policemen. while the family is hiding in the jungle, the son starts feeling hungry. ramu goes near a temple and starts blessing women, who give him money. with this money, he buys bread for the family. inspector kiran kumar sees this and follows ramu the elephant into the jungle. kiran finds the family and is about to shoot kishan, when ramu snatches the gun from him using his trunk. together kishan and ramu fight off the policemen. ramu eventually kills kiran by trampling him. meanwhile, jwalaprasad is released from jail, only to find out that jugni has escaped from the asylum. jwalaprasad finds her in front of a temple, with perfect makeup, where she refuses to recognize him. jugni is still under the perception that she is going to get married. jwalaprasad managed to corner thakur's men and tries to fight them alone. the men throw him into a swamp, but kishan comes at the right time to save him, and ramu the elephant pulls jwalaprasad out of the swamp. he also throws thakur's chief goon into the swamp, which makes thakur very angry. his men manage to shoot the sole witness of kishan's innocence. kishan takes him to the hospital and threatens a doctor to cure the witness. thakur has an epiphany that he is going to die, and in order to protect himself, he goes back to abduct jaya, and kills a villager in the process. jugni, who is somehow there, is reminded of the tragedy she faced and faints. jwalaprasad informs kishan that his wife has been abducted and both of them go to fight thakur in his palatial house. they are both captured. jugni arrives there, calling dayalu thakur her father, who tells her that he himself is jugni's fiancée. jugni then dresses up, and starts dancing. turns out, it was all to fool him, and she has the fighting skills of a flying ninja. she manages to release all three captives and there's a big fight, in which she gets shot. thakur manages to escape the drama, but kishan, jugni and ramu the elephant catch up with him. jugni kills thakur and avenges gopal's death. ramu the elephant also remembers that thakur had killed his mom and tramples thakur. jugni dies, eventually. ramu the elephant implores the audience to save animals. clearly, the hero here is ramu, the elephant.
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