(Chandani - The Daughter of the Elephant Whisperer/2010) In this award-winning documentary we meet 16-year-old Chandani, who has a burning desire to follow in her father's footsteps and become a mahout; a person who takes care of elephants. Chandani's father Sunamabanda is one of the most experienced mahouts in Sri Lanka and chief in the Pinnawala elephant orphanage. Against the other mahouts' will, he decides to give his daughter a chance. He gives her responsibility for the young elephant Kandula?.