93rd Academy Awards 2021: Malayalam Film Jallikattu Becomes India's Official Entry To The Oscars

93rd Academy Awards 2021: Malayalam Film Jallikattu Becomes India's Official Entry To The Oscars

New Delhi: The Malayalam film Jallikattu, helmed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, has been selected as India's official entry to this year's Oscars. The film is based on a short story titled 'Maoist'. The film is written by Hareesh S, who adapted the screenplay along with R Jayakumar. The film also received rave critic reviews after its release in 2019 and even had a successful run at the box office. Now, the film has secured a nomination in the 'Best International Feature Film' category.

According to the reports, the film has beat Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Gulabo Sitabo, Anushka Sharma's production Bulbbul, Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar starrer The Sky is Pink, Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Serious Men and Janhvi Kapoor's Gunjan Saxena.

The film was chosen out of 27 films that includes The Disciple, Shakuntala Devi, Shikara, Chhapaak, AK vs AK, Bhonsle, Chhalaang, Eeb Allay Ooo, Check Post, Atkan Chatkan, Kaamyaab, Chintu Ka Birthday, Bittersweet among others.

Last year, Zoya Akhtar’s  successful Gully Boy was sent as India’s official entry to the 92nd Academy Awards. The film, however, did not make the cut among the 91 films that were in the race. The South Korea blockbuster, 'Parasite' came out triumphant in the International Feature Film category and created history by going on to become the first non-English film to also win Best Picture.

The 93rd Academy Awards is set to take place on April 25, 2021. The Award ceremony was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. It was scheduled to held on February 28.

For the Oscar race film should have been released in their respective countries between the expanded dates of October 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020, contrary to the previous time frame of October-September. 

The shortlist of 10 will be featured on February 9, 2021.

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