Zoya Akhtar's Gully Boy, starring Ranveer Singh in the role of a budding street rapper and Alia Bhatt, is out of the Oscar race in the International Feature Film category.Gully Boy failed to make the cut in the top-10 movies that will advance to the next round of voting at the 92nd Academy Awards.?
Ninety-one films were eligible in the category.The films that have made it to the list are South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's much-touted class satire Parasite, Pain and Glory from Spain, The Painted Bird from Czech Republic, Estonia's Truth and Justice, Les Miserables from France, Those Who Remained from Hungary, North Macedonia's Honeyland, Corpus Christi from Poland, Beanpole from Russia and Atlantica from Senegal.
In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt-in to participate and watch all 10 shortlisted films in order to cast a ballot.?
Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards will be announced on January 13, 2020.The 92nd Oscars will be held on February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.Sadly, after Gully Boy's exit, India has once again drawn a blank in the category.?
The last Indian film that made it to the final five in the list was Ashutosh Gowariker's Lagaan in 2001. Other than Lagaan, Mother India (1958) and Salaam Bombay (1989) are the other two Indian movies to have made it to the top five. India still struggles to find a spot in the top 5 films!?
Well, where there's will, there's hope!