Soorarai Pottru Is The Only Indian Film Competing Against 365 Movies For Best Picture At Oscars
The Academy has announced the list of films eligible for Best Picture nominations for Oscars 2021 and the only Indian film that has made to the list is Suriya's Tamil film Soorrai Pottru.?India's official entry Jallikattu is out of the Oscar race.?
The list includes 366 films which has popular and acclaimed films like Nomadland, Mank, Trial of the Chicago 7 among others.?Now, a voting will be held which will commence on March 5 and end on March 10. The nominations thereafter will be announced on March 15.
The Tamil language film is a fictionalised account of the life of Captain GR Gopinath, who founded the low-cost airline, Air Deccan.
Suriya had earlier said in an interview, "All of my earlier characters are reel. But this character, is about a person who has lived his life, and is a very humble man. He is a real life hero, who had a dream to make it big, and he did."
"With all the complexities that are there in India, he had to overcome everything to be an airline owner and which is not an easy thing. He literally changed the face of India," he said.
"We are telling the story about a person who has achieved his dreams and made it big, all by himself. It is an inspiration for every common man, irrespective of the background they are born in. There cannot be a reason, that your dreams can't be fulfilled, and stories like these are important to be shared with the masses. Just the determination and one has to combat all the challenges to make it happen, which is why we want to tell the story," he said.
Also starring Mohan Babu, Paresh Rawal and Aparna Balamurali, the Sudha Kongara directorial was released on Amazon Prime on Nov 12.?
