EXCLUSIVE: Bittu’s Karishma Dube on Oscar competition: Rani Kumari can give Oscar Isaac a run for his money
Director Karishma Dube speaks about making it to the top 10 list for Oscar’s Live Action Short Film category, her journey behind making the movie, competition and what she plans to wear on the big day Written By
Avinash Lohana 628302 reads Mumbai Updated: February 19, 2021 12:45 am EXCLUSIVE: Bittu’s Karishma Dube on Oscar competition: Rani Kumari can give Oscar Isaac a run for his money
On February 9, shortlists in nine categories for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced, and our very own Bittu made it to the top 10 list of the Live Action Short Film category. Besides, Karishma Dube’s Bittu other films in the running are Da Yie, Feeling Through, The Human Voice, The Kicksled Choir, The Letter Room, The Present, Two Distant Strangers, The Van and White Eye. These were selected from a submission of 174 f
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Way back when in early 2020, Hollywood––and everyone else––was enjoying its pre-pandemic innocence.
Early 2020 was an exciting entertainment awards season with the Golden Globes kicking things off on January 5th; then came the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTA) on January 9th; The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Jan 19th; The 62nd Grammy Awards on January 26th; and ultimately, the awards season big finale: The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony on February 9th. Things were certainly good in the ‘Wood back then, but what we didn’t know at the time is that the 2020 Oscars would be one of the country’s last major entertainment events before lockdown began.
The final nominations for the Oscars will be announced on 15 March.
13 Feb, 2021 - 08:32 AM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
MUMBAI:
Jallikattu, India’s official entry for this year s Oscars might be out of the race but another dark horse, Bittu, has been shortlisted for the 93rd Academy Awards’ live action short film category. Karishma Dev Dube’s
Bittu has been backed by Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga, Tahira Kashyap and Ruchikaa Kapoor under their cinema collective Indian Women Rising, and is still in the running for a nomination at the gala event scheduled to take place on 25 April.
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Agencies Jallikattu is based on the short story Maoist by Hareesh, featuring Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran.
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NEW DELHI: Jallikattu , 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 short film Bittu advancing to the next round in Best Live Action Short Film segment. Jallikattu , a Malayalam-language movie directed by filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery, 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.
The official Indian entry in the Best Foreign Film category, Jallikattu, might be out of the Oscar race, but there is still a chance for an Indian film to shine at the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards.