The film, directed by Omung Kumar, is a biopic on Sarabjit Singh, an Indian farmer who was convicted of terrorism and spying in Pakistan and was sentenced to death. He was attacked by inmates at a prison in Lahore in April 2013 and died a few days later.
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Randeep, whose performance as the title character was critically acclaimed, told IANS via email: "It feels great to have one's work appreciated by the Academy Awards, which, I feel, mostly recognises cinematic excellence. A lot of people had, at the time of release, deemed this particular performance Oscar-worthy and then one hears this."
He has high hopes from the movie.
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"Not only that, I hope it goes on to win it. But as far as I know, there is a lot lobbying required to get to that point. As you can see, I'm not good at all at that," he added.
The 40-year-old actor says if the film makes it to the final list, he would like to attend the awards gala and would want to take a "few key people" in his life.
Randeep has congratulated the entire cast and crew of the film, which also stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Darshan Kumar.
IANS