'Jallikattu' nominated for Oscar 2021, have a look at how Twitterati reacted

Jallikattu was the official entry for the 93rd Oscar Awards that will take place in 2021. Today on November 25, 2020, the movie has been selected as the Indian entry for Best International Feature Film and the Twitterati is flooded with reactions as people from the and fans of the Malayalam film industry are proud of the nomination. Read along and have a look at the tweets and more.

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'Jallikattu' selected as Indian entry at Oscars 2021

Malayalam action flick Jallikattu has been selected as the official Indian entry to the Oscars 2021. It was nominated in the Best International Feature Film category, as the news came today on November 25, 2020. Twitter users are proud, especially fans of the Malayalam industry have flooded the platform with congratulatory and celebratory messages for the director Lijo Jose Pellissery.

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Have a look at the Tweets, here.

More about 'Jallikattu'

Jallikattu is an independent action film of the year 2019 in the Malayalam language, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery with its screenplay written by S. Hareesh and R. Jayakumar. It was based on a short story made by Hareesh named Maoist. The film stars Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran feature as the focal characters of the movie. The movie revolves around the incident wherein a bull escapes from a slaughterhouse in a hilly remote village, and all the men of the village gather to hunt it down.

Jallikattu had premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on November 6, 2019, and had garnered critical acclaim for itself. It was also presented under the section 'A Window on Asian Cinema' at the 24th Busan International Film Festival. At the 50th International Film Festival of India, Lijo Jose Pellissery got for the movie the Best Director award. The movie made it to screens in and around Kerala on October 4, 2019.

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