‘'Turtle Walker' Is a Fitting Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Satish Bhaskar. The film documents the deeply moving story of Bhaskar's single-minded passion to conserve India’s sea turtle population.‘

‘A beautiful documentary that’s screening in Delhi this Friday at Habitat. Don’t miss it for anything.‘

‘These sea turtles in India have rebounded after years of patchwork efforts.‘

‘‘Turtle Walker’ is a heart-warming watch, spotlighting the extraordinary life and times of marine biologist Satish Bhaskar.‘

‘Anupama Chopra reviews Turtle Walker, a documentary directed by Taira Malaney about Satish Bhaskar, the pioneer of turtle conservation in India who passed away in 2023. Anupama highlights the extraordinary scope of Satish’s life — from surveying over 4000 kilometers of Indian coastline between 1977 and 1996, to living alone on an island in Lakshadweep studying turtles, where he sent letters to his wife Brenda in bottles cast into the sea.‘

‘Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti-Backed 'Turtle Walker' To Open All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF).‘

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‘Taira Malaney’s “Turtle Walker” (2024) revolves around Satish Bhaskar, an Indian biologist who devoted his life to preserving sea turtles. Although a biographical tale based on Bhaskar’s life, director Malaney treats his story like a fantasy adventure tale. From the get-go, it looks like a Ghibli film where refreshing colors grab your attention through neatly-composed frames. The sand appears in the prettiest tones of ochre while the sky and the ocean bring out tones of aquamarine almost with a pastel-like softness on a paper sheet. On top of that, it puts its two central subjects – a man and a turtle. So, it is near-impossible for it not to remind you of Michaël Dudok de Wit’s “The Red Turtle.”‘

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‘“Turtle Walker” takes top prize at 2024 Jackson Wild Media Awards. Nature- and ecology-focused non-profit Jackson Wild revealed the winners of the 2024 edition of its annual Jackson Wild Media Awards at its Grand Teton Awards gala on Thursday (September 5) in Silver Springs, MD. The ceremony’s eponymous Grand Teton Award for the year’s best overall production went to Turtle Walker (pictured), which also took the prize in Jackson Wild’s Conservation category.‘

‘Taira Malaney’s Turtle Walker is an absolute treat. From the gorgeous visuals to the immensely charming and captivating Satish Bhaskar. A well-made and passionate documentary.‘

‘New York Indian Film Festival Highlights: What to See. “An Arrested Moment” plays June 22 with Taira Malaney’s documentary “Turtle Walker,” which explores the population of enigmatic sea turtles living along the coasts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.‘

‘There’s something about watching a colossal sea turtle lay her eggs in a beach nest of her own creation that transports you to another place. Or, perhaps the trick of Turtle Walker – and one it employs and accomplishes effectively and movingly – is that seeing such an event grounds you firmly in this world. In our world.‘

‘For months on end, he would maroon himself on remote islands — no phone, no company, no fanfare. Just a transistor radio, a hammock, and the possibility of seeing a turtle. It was enough. For Satish Bhaskar, the joy lay not in discovery as much as in the quiet act of observing: measuring tracks in the sand, recording the dimensions of nests, counting eggs in painstaking detail. “I am glad I did the things I did,” he once said, without drama.‘

‘India’s ‘Turtle Man’ walked most of 7,516 km coastline. Now, a film is winning awards in US. With little information, a small transistor, and limited support, Satish Bhaskar conducted primary research that drove all turtle conservation efforts in India. 'Turtle Walker' by Taira Malaney reconstructs his travels.‘