Shekar Dattatri

Shekar Dattatri is an Indian herpetologist and wildlife filmmaker from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Shekar Dattatri's lifelong fascination with wildlife began at the age of 14, when he joined the famous Madras Snake Park as a student-volunteer. This led to nature photography and, subsequently, to filmmaking. ^{[3] [4]} He also was among the discoverers of the snake species Oligodon nikhili .^{[ citation needed ]}

Publications

• Whitaker, Romulus; Dattatri, Shekar (1982). "A new species of Oligodon from the Palni Hills, South India (Serpentes: Colubridae)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society79 (3): 630-631).

Filmography

• The Truth About Tigers ^[5]
• A cooperative for Snake Catchers
• Silent Valley - An Indian Rainforest (1990) ^[6]
• Mindless Mining - The Tragedy of Kudremukh ^[7]

References

1. Sreedhar, Nitin (12 March 2017). "For many, wildlife photography is a quest for trophies, not conservation: Shekar Dattatri, Wildlife Film-maker". The Financial Express. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
2. "Bypassing Bollywood, a Filmmaker Focuses on Wildlife Conservation". National Geographic. 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
3. Shoba Narayan. "The filmmaker and the entrepreneur: Shekar Dattatri and Ramki Sreenivasan". Livemint. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
4. "Work for the joy of it: Shekar Dattatri". The Hindu. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
5. "The Truth about Tigers". 21 September 2025.
6. "Silent Valley – An Indian Rainforest (1990)". 21 September 2025.
7. "Mindless Mining - The Tragedy of Kudremukh". 21 September 2025.