Mujeeb Khan

The first time I saw Mujeeb at work, it was in 1995, at Sakrebail elephant camp near Shimoga. He was the kawadi of a powerful elephant, New Tusker, who belonged to the Karnataka Forest Department. His relentless passion for elephants came from his father who participated in the last few Kheddas in the late 60’s and early 70's. Mujeeb participated in every elephant film that I was involved in till date, as a professional, reliable technical support in the tradition of elephant keeping and continued to work with elephants until his early demise last year.