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As ‘Jallikattu’ Gets Nominated For 93rd Oscar Awards, Here's A Look At India’s Official Entry Over The Years
Films like ‘Shakuntala Devi’, ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’, ‘Shikara’, ‘Chhappak’, ‘Bhonsle’, ‘Gulabo Sitabo’, ‘Serious Men’, ‘Bulbul’, ‘The Pink Is Sky’ and others were also in the race for nominations from India. Read on.
New Delhi: ‘Jallikattu’ has bagged the 93rd Oscars nomination from India in a race of 27 films which includes ‘Shakuntala Devi’, ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’, ‘Shikara’, ‘Chhappak’, ‘Bhonsle’, ‘Gulabo Sitabo’, ‘Serious Men’, ‘Bulbul’, ‘The Sky Is Pink’ and others. Two Marathi films were also in contention: ‘Bittersweet’ and ‘Disciple’.
Malayalam Film ‘Jallikattu’ Bags Nomination For The 93rd Oscars Awards In A Race Of 27 Indian Films
‘Jallikattu’ is a 2019 Malayalam film based on the short story ‘Maoist’ by S. Hareesh. This action-drama stars Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran in prominent roles and has been directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery.
As ‘Jallikattu’ bags the nomination for the Oscars 2021, here’s a look at India’s official entry over the years -
- 'Mother India' (Hindi) directed by Mehboob Khan- 1957
- 'Madhumati' (Hindi) directed by Bimal Roy - 1958
- 'Apur Sansar' (Bengali) directed by Satyajit Ray - 1959
- 'Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam' (Hindi & Urdu) directed by Abrar Alvi - 1962
- 'Mahanagar' (Bengali) directed by Satyajit Ray - 1963
- 'The Guide' (Hindi) directed by Vijay Anand - 1965
- 'Amrapali' (Hindi) directed by Lekh Tandon - 1966
- 'Aakhri Khat' (Hindi) directed by Chetan Anand - 1967
- 'Majhli Didi' (Hindi) directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee - 1968
- 'Deiva Magan' (Tamil) directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar - 1969
- 'Reshma Aur Shera' (Hindi) directed by Sunil Dutt - 1971
- 'Uphaar' (Hindi) directed by Sudhendu Ray - 1972
- 'Saudagar' (Hindi) directed by Sudhendu Ray - 1973
- 'Garm Hava' (Urdu) directed by M. S. Sathyu - 1974
- 'Manthan' (Hindi) directed by Shyam Benegal - 1977
- 'Shatranj Ke Khilari' (Hindi & Urdu) directed by Satyajit Ray - 1978
- 'Payal Ki Jhankaar' (Hindi) directed by Satyen Bose - 1980
- 'Saaransh' (Hindi) directed by Mahesh Bhatt - 1984
- 'Saagar' (Hindi) directed by Ramesh Sippy - 1985
- 'Swathi Muthyam' (Telugu) directed by Kasinadhuni Viswanath - 1986
- 'Nayagan' (Tamil) directed by Mani Ratnam - 1987
- 'Salaam Bombay!' (Hindi) directed by Mira Nair - 1988
- 'Parinda' (Hindi) directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 1989
- 'Anjali' (Tamil) directed by Mani Ratnam - 1990
- 'Henna' (Hindi) directed by Randhir Kapoor - 1991
- 'Thevar Magan' (Tamil) directed by Bharathan - 1992
- 'Rudaali' (Hindi) directed by Kalpana Lajmi - 1993
- 'Muhafiz' (Hindi) directed by Ismail Merchant - 1994
- 'Kuruthipunal' (Tamil) directed by P.C. Sreeram - 1995
- 'Indian' (Tamil) directed by S. Shankar - 1996
- 'Guru' (Malayalam) directed by Rajiv Anchal - 1997
- 'Jeans' (Tamil) directed by S. Shankar - 1998
- 'Earth' (Hindi) directed by Deepa Mehta - 1999
- 'Hey Ram' (Tamil & Hindi) directed by Kamal Haasan - 2000
- 'Lagaan' (Hindi) directed by Ashutosh Gowariker - 2001
- 'Devdas' (Hindi) directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali - 2002
- 'The Breath' (Marathi) directed by Sandeep Sawant - 2004
- 'Paheli' (Hindi) directed by Amol Palekar - 2005
- 'Rang De Basanti' (Hindi) directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - 2006
- 'Eklavya - The Royal Guard' (Hindi) directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra - 2007
- 'Taare Zameen Par' (Hindi) directed by Aamir Khan - 2008
- 'Harishchandra's Factory' (Marathi) directed by Paresh Mokashi - 2009
- 'Peepli Live' (Hindi) directed by Anusha Rizvi - 2010
- 'Abu, Son of Adam' (Malayalam) directed by Salim Ahamed - 2011
- 'Barfi!' (Hindi) directed by Anurag Basu - 2012
- 'The Good Road' (Gujarati) directed by Gyan Correa - 2013
- 'Liar's Dice' (Hindi) directed by Geetu Mohandas - 2014
- 'Court' (Marathi) directed by Chaitanya Tamhane - 2015
- 'Visaranai' (Tamil) directed by Vetri Maaran - 2016
- 'Newton' (Hindi) directed by Amit V. Masurkar - 2017
- 'Village Rockstars' (Assamese) directed by Rima Das - 2018
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