Oscars 2024 update: The announcement was made by renowned filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli, chairman of the Film Federation of India’s (FFI) selection committee.
Writer and screenwriter Susmesh Chandroth criticises Jude Anthony Josephs 2018 film, which became the fastest ₹100 crore-collecting film in Malayalam. 2018 is a politically and creatively miserably failed film. Susmesh Chandroth commented in a Facebook post that the script of the film could have focused on the will and leadership of the state government that managed the flood at that time.
Directed by Jude Anthany Joseph, the film 2018 has Tovino Thomas, Indrans, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Lal, Narain and Aparna Balamurali in prominent roles.