Kangana Ranaut applauded the decision to submit the Malayalam film Jallikattu as India’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy Awards. She called it the result of the scrutiny the Bollywood ‘mafia’ is being subjected to and suggested they were unable to tip the scales in their favor by lobbying.
“All the scrutiny / attack the Bullydawood gang got is finally paying off, Indian movies are not just about 4 movie families, the movie mafia gang is hiding in their homes and letting the jurors do their job and congratulations to the #Jallikattu team, ”the three times the National Award winner wrote on Twitter.
In September, Kangana came out in support of the regional film industries, calling the perception that the Hindi film industry is the most superior film industry in India “incorrect”. “The best regional dubbed movies are not getting relevant across India, but Hollywood dubbed movies are getting widespread relevance. The reason is the atrocious quality of most Hindu movies and their monopoly on the theater screens, also the media created aspirational images for Hollywood movies, “he wrote.
Jallikattu, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, is based on a short story written by Hareesh titled Maoist. The film, starring Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran, was chosen from 27 entries in different languages.
Pellissery, who has previously made critically acclaimed films such as Angamaly Diaries and Ea Ma Yau, told PTI: “Very happy to hear that Jallikattu won the Oscar entry. This is a moment of happiness for all those who ‘ran’ for the film. “
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Filmmaker Rahul Rawail, chairman of the Film Federation of India (FFI) jury board, told reporters at a virtual press meeting that Jallikattu “really brings out the raw problems that exist in human beings.” . He added: “The movie has been beautifully rendered and shot very well. The emotion that arises really touched us all to have her selected. “
Last year, Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, was India’s entry to the Oscars. Kangana has voiced her criticism of the film, calling it “mediocre.”
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