Jallikattu , India’s official entry for the Oscars, fails to make the cut at Oscars
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Updated: Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 10:34 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 10: Filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery s Jallikattu , India s official entry in the Best International Feature category at the 93rd Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race.
The Malayalam-language movie is not part of the shortlist of 15 features that will be vying for a spot in the final five, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced on Wednesday.
Thomas Vinterberg s Another Round , starring Mads Mikkelson, has made it to shortlist that also include Andrei Konchalovsky s Dear Comrades! (Russia), Agnieszka Holland s Charlatan (Czech Republic) and two documentaries The Mole Agent from Chile and Collective from Romania.
‘Jallikattu’, India’s official entry for the Oscars, fails to make the cut
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The Malayalam-language movie is not part of the shortlist of 15 features that will be vying for a spot in the final five announced by AMPAS.
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On point: A still from the film Jallikattu shows the fine line between man and beast. Photo: Special Arrangement
The Malayalam-language movie is not part of the shortlist of 15 features that will be vying for a spot in the final five announced by AMPAS.
Filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery’s
Jallikattu, India s official entry in the Best International Feature category at the 93rd Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race.
New Delhi, Feb 10: Filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery's "Jallikattu", India's official entry in the Best International Feature category at the 93rd Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race.
Jallikattu, India’s official entry for 93rd Academy Awards, out of Oscar race
With ‘Jallikattu’ exiting the foreign film race, India has once again drawn a blank in the category. The last Indian film that made it to the final five in the Best International Feature category was Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘Lagaan’ in 2001. ‘Mother India’ (1958) and ‘Salaam Bombay’ (1989) are the other two Indian movies to have made it to the top five. PTI
Lijo Jose s Jallikattu
The film ‘Jallikattu’, which was India’s official entry in the Best International Feature category at the 93rd Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race but the country is still in the fray with the short film ‘Bittu’ advancing to the next round in Best Live Action Short Film segment.