November 25, 2020 3:20:35 pm
Jallikattu is helmed by Lijo Jose Pellissery.
Malayalam movie Jallikattu has been selected as India’s official entry for the 93rd Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category.
Directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, Jallikattu stars Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran.
Last year, Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy was India’s official entry to the Oscars, but the film did not get shortlisted for nominations. The last Indian film to get nominated in the category, earlier known as the Best Foreign Language Film, was Lagaan in 2002.
In the last few years, films like Village Rockstars, Newton, Court, Visaranai, Barfi, Indian, Peepli Live among others have been submitted for nominations.
With cinema halls being closed throughout the country for over seven months, there were very few films that released in theatres in 2020, and the same holds true for the rest of the world as well.
The 2021 Academy Awards will be held on April 25 instead of the usual second Sunday of February.
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