Nikhil Chinapa requested filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri concerning the standing of his movie The Kashmir Files on the upcoming Oscars on Twitter. On Tuesday, the filmmaker put a poster of the movie with the title ‘Official Contender From India’. Earlier this week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) had introduced the total listing of 301 movies which had been eligible for the Oscars this 12 months. Just a few Indian movies have made the listing. However, there are 4 Indian movies formally shortlisted and within the working of their classes – RRR, Last Film Show (Chhello Show), All That Breathes and The Elephant Whisperers. (Also learn: Hansal Mehta takes an oblique dig at Vivek Agnihotri for celebrating Oscars eligibility listing announcement)
Nikhil, who’s a former VJ, took to Twitter to ask Vivek, “What is an official ‘contender’?” after he put up the poster of The Kashmir Files with the Oscars emblem. Earlier on Tuesday, Vivek had said, “Thanks for your love, support and blessings. This is the year of Indian Cinema. #Oscars2023.” Additionally, the poster claimed that the movie was an ‘Official Contender From India’.
Others additionally raised questions on Vivek celebrating the mere eligibility listing. “In the difference between ‘official contender’ and ‘official entry’ lies all the truth,” wrote an individual. “Why have you put “contender” line in fine print, and Oscars in large? So that people don’t realise it didn’t make it to the shortlist,” requested one other. “Contenders may be many,is this an achievement?,”
The guidelines on the phrases of Oscars eligibility on its official web site is as follows: To be eligible for consideration below guidelines applied for the ninety fifth Academy Awards 12 months, characteristic movies should open in a business movement image theater in at the least considered one of six US metropolitan areas: Los Angeles County; the City of New York; the Bay Area; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; and Atlanta, Georgia, between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, and full a minimal qualifying run of seven consecutive days in the identical venue. Feature movies will need to have a working time of greater than 40 minutes.
The different Indian movies which have handed these very primary phrases of eligibility apart from the Kashmir Files embrace RRR, Kantara, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Me Vasantrao, Tuzhya Sathi Kahi Hi, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, Iravin Nizhal, Vikrant Rona. Last Film Show has been submitted by India to be its official entry within the Best International Feature Film class.
Earlier this week, filmmaker Hansal Mehta had additionally taken a dig at Vivek after he introduced that The Kashmir Files had “been shortlisted for #Oscars2023 in the first list of @TheAcademy. It’s one of the 5 films from India” on Twitter. The last nominations for Oscars will probably be introduced on Tuesday, January 24.