The jury which selects India’s entry for the Academy Awards has unanimously chosen Chaitanya Tamhane’s Court to represent India at the Oscars. The 16-member jury headed by actor and director Amol Palekar chose Court over other entries including Masaan, PK and Baahubali.
As reviewed on The Quint by Mihir Fadnavis,
Court chronicles the case of Narayan Kamble (Vira Sathidar), a Maharashtrian sociopolitical activist arrested in connection with the suicide of a young municipal worker. But here’s the thing – this is not a straightforward courtroom drama that ends on a whodunit note. There is more of a character study, focusing on the people attached to the case, anchored by a giant dose of social commentary and a faint spotlight on the flimsiness of our judicial system.
Till date only three Indian films - Mother India (1957), Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Lagaan (2001) have made it to the Academy Awards nominations list for Best Foreign Language Film.
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