Jallikattu becomes India’s official entry for Oscars 2021

Lijo Jose Pellissery's directorial, Malayalam movie, Jallikattu becomes India's official entry to Oscars' International movie category.

Jallikattu, the movie that cinematically captured a remote village in Idukki going on a hunt for a bull received a lot of critical acclamation in India and aboard. The movie stars Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran in prominent roles.

The movie premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. Director Lijo Jose Pellissery also won the Best Director award at the 50th International Film Festival of India for the film. The movie has now become India's official entry in the International Feature Film category.

Jallikattu is the second Malayalam film to make an entry for the Oscars, after the 2011 movie Adaminte Makan Abu. India's last year's entry in the same category was Zoya Akhtar’s musical drama Gully Boy. The movie will, however, need immense promotional activities to make it to the final Oscar nominations. Only three Indian films, Mother India (1957), Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Lagaan (2001) have ever made it to the final list of Oscar nominations.

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#Jallikattu is India’s official entry to the Oscars 2021. Congrats @mrinvicible and team! 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/naVorYiX0u

— Nivin Pauly (@NivinOfficial) November 26, 2020

Rewatched LJ Pellissery's Jallikattu & can’t stress enough on how good a choice it is as our Oscar entry this year. This should lead to a path of creating better cinema. Thank you Jallikattu team for giving us this genius which will be watched for generations 🙏🙏🙏

— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) November 25, 2020

#Jallikattu is nominated for Oscar



*Meanwhile pic.twitter.com/hYDx99MU9Q

— A$शोक 🇮🇳 (@Ashok_blue_b) November 26, 2020

Breaking NEWS



SOUTH (4th Oct, 2019) Released '#Jallikattu' Film, Official entry to #OSCARS 'from' India in 93rd Academy Awards, 2021. pic.twitter.com/F4L5i22FVu

— Zohaib Shah (@ZS_ZohaibShah) November 25, 2020

Congratulations to Lijo Jose Pellissery and the @jallikattu_ team for being India's Oscar entry! We are thrilled to see Malayalam cinema being recognized and celebrated! @iffla

— christina marouda (@cmarouda) November 26, 2020

I know I'm not the first one to say this,but since Jallikattu is selected as India's official entry for Oscars this year,I would like to remind you all that Girish Gangadharan's cinematography for this film deserves all the awards in the world pic.twitter.com/izvYO66Ce6

— Ananthakrishnan H (@ak070499) November 25, 2020

Wow. Congratulations Team #Jallikattu for becoming this year's Oscar Submission from India. Hope the film gets nominated and wins accolades. #Oscar #oscars2021

— Ahmed Meeran (@ahmedmeeranoffl) November 25, 2020

Very Happy to know that #LijoJosePellissery's #Jallikattu is India's official entry for the Best International Feature Film language category at the #Oscars 2021🔥👏🏼. Proud Moment !!!



@mrinvicible @AntonyVarghese_ #Oscar #LJP pic.twitter.com/GQFNtC8BnT

— Vishal Srt Vinu 🕙 (@vsv_writes) November 25, 2020

#Jallikattu is such a superrrr choice for Oscar!!! I'll not be surprised if it makes to the top 5

Nd I'm so happy that finally film federation got senses nd chose a movie which really really deserves.



Also watch this noww if you haven't.. pic.twitter.com/1vp94wqaN2

— Omkar Dubey (@omkardubey01) November 25, 2020

People be suggesting me to watch #Jallikattu as it got entry for 2021's oscar.

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Me who already watched the movie and also rated it 10* on imdb: pic.twitter.com/UgGsbBovBL

— Sajal Singh (@snoopy__004) November 25, 2020

I never seen this kind of movie before in Indian cinema. Very gripping and intense story telling. Brilliant work by director #lijoJosePellisery and the team. This #Jallikattu movie was well deserved to the oscar...

Congratulations to entire team,cast and crew ❤#2021Oscar 🙏❤ pic.twitter.com/5g5ALEkVJP

— Guru Siva (@SivaG92810938) November 26, 2020

#Jallikattu teaser was the best quality and most impressive movie presentation I've seen in malayalam film history. I hope it grabs the Oscar. It deserves :)

— Alexaa (@itzzaparnaa) November 25, 2020

Also Read: Jallikattu movie review: The film is winning hearts with its astounding cinematic experience