The nominations for the Academy Awards in 2023 will be particularly noteworthy for India because at least 10 Indian films made it onto the longlist. So far, four Indian movies have made the short list of these. Here is all the information you need to know about the four Indian films in advance of the final nominations, which will be revealed on Tuesday evening (as per IST).
1. ‘RRR’
RRR hopes to receive an Oscar nomination in the same category as Naatu Naatu after taking up the Golden Globe for Best Original Song. The song was penned by Kala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj and was composed by MM Keeravani. The song will be up against 14 other songs from movies like Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Avatar: The Way of Water.
2. ‘Chhello Show’ or ‘Last Film Show’
Chhello Show, a Gujarati film directed by Pan Nalin that will represent India at the Oscars in 2023, is about a little child who falls in love with movies. In the category of foreign feature films, the movie will go off against Argentina, 1985, Decision to Leave, Close, All Quiet on the Western Front, and others. Siddharth Roy Kapur is behind the movie Last Film Show.
3. ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
The Elephant Whisperers, directed by Kartiki Gonsalves, has been nominated for a documentary short film award. It tells the tale of a couple raising the young elephants Raghu and Ammu in Tamil Nadu’s Theppakadu Elephant Camp of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. The movie will compete against The Flagmakers, Shut Up and Paint, Nuisance Bear, and others when it is released on Netflix.
4. ‘All That Breathes’
All That Breathes by Shaunak Sen has been nominated for the award for best documentary feature. Two brothers who have dedicated their lives to saving injured birds are the center of the movie. Both the renowned Golden Eye award at Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and a prize at the Sundance Film Festival have already been given to the documentary. There are now 14 other films on the shortlist with it.
The final nominations will be announced at 7:00 pm (IST) on Tuesday
The final nominees will be revealed on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. (IST). The Academy Awards’ social media accounts as well as YouTube will both webcast the live nominations announcement. The Oscars’ official website also offers access to it. On March 12 of next month, the award presentation will take place in Los Angeles.