Gully Boy out of Oscars race, Kangana Ranaut's sister Rangoli takes a dig at the makers

Zoya Akhtar's "Gully Boy", starring Ranveer Singh in role of a budding street rapper, is out of Oscar race in International Feature Film category. movie failed to make cut in top-10 movies that will advance to next round of voting at 92nd Academy Awards. With "Gully Boy's" exit, India has once again drawn a blank in category.

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Kangana Ranaut's sister Rangoli Chandel took a dig at film and wrote on her Twitter handle: "This film is based on Hollywood film 8 Mile, yahan ke movie mafia chatukar critics ke chaatne se kya hota hai, it’s t original content like Uri and Manikarnika, why Hollywood will give award to a film which is copied from ir film?." This is t first time Rangoli has attacked Gully Boy or characters of film. In July this year, Rangoli wrote: "Yeh jo berozgaar anpadh gawar feminazi jo Kabir Singh pe kood pade hai, Inko Gully Boy ke Safeena @aliaa08 mein kuch burai nahin lagi, she was violent, abusive and criminal beyond Kabir can ever be...every time her boy friend slept with ar woman please te she never said anything to him, woh Raja beta hai, but she broke bottles on woman’s head, y are hospitalised and criminal cases were put on Safeena......woman against woman, if your man cheats on you don’t want to talk to you t take your calls go beat up woman he likes, yeh sab feminist ispe khade hokar taliyaan marte hain... socho." [sic]

ABOUT OSCAR MINATIONS

last Indian film that made it to final five in list was Ashutosh Gowariker's "Lagaan" in 2001. "Mor India" (1958) and "Salaam Bombay" (1989) are or two Indian movies to have made it to top five.

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Ninety-one films were eligible in category. films that have made cut are: South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's much touted class satire "Parasite", "Pain and Glory" from Spain, " Painted Bird" from Czech Republic, Estonia's "Truth and Justice", "Les Miserables" from France, "Those Who Remained" from Hungary, rth Macedonia's "Honeyland", "Corpus Christi" from Poland, "Beanpole" from Russia and "Atlantica" from Senegal. In minations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt-in to participate and must view all 10 shortlisted films in order to cast a ballot.

minations for 92nd Academy Awards will be anunced on January 13, 2020. 92nd Oscars will be held on February 9, 2020, at Dolby atre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.

(WITH PTI INPUTS)