Sandeep Sahu March 03, 2021 00:00 IST In Oscars Long-List outlookindia.com 2021-03-12T16:05:27+05:30
An Odia film rarely makes it to the Oscars. So, it was only natural that all hell broke loose when filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda tweeted on February 19 that his latest,
Kalira Atita (Yesterday’s Past), had “made its entry into the Oscar race”. The big news is that it “joined the Oscars race” for “Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and many other categories”. No wonder media helped spread the word around, not just in the state but across India. Congratulatory messages kept flooding in for the next two days. Several Bollywood celebrities wished the film “All the Best”, while the Odia diaspora went gaga on social media. Internationally acclaimed sand artiste S. Patnaik made his customary sand art on the Puri beach wishing “good luck” to the movie.
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Kalira Atita, starring Pitobash Tripathy, has entered the Oscars. The film is now available in the Academy Screening Room
Indian director Nila Madhab Panda has entered his Odia film Kalira Atita (Yesterday’s Past) for the Oscars this year. The filmmaker tweeted that he is very happy “to announce #KaliraAtita has made its entry into the Oscar race in general entry category 4 best picture, Best Actor, Best Director & many other categories.”
The film, starring Pitobash Tripathy, is a story of the struggle between man and sea, highlighting the issue of seawater ingression. “This is my first film which is in the Oscars race. It has also been invited to be screened at film festivals across the globe for screening. We’re not disclosing it yet. Climate change is a global issue, and I hope more people become concerned about the climate crisis. We all need to make efforts to bring a change,” says the filmmaker.