People surprised by the entry of Surya-Bobby Deol’s ‘Kanguwa’ in the Oscar 2025 race! Know the reason

Fans were eagerly waiting for Tamil superstar Surya and Bobby Deol starrer film ‘Kanguva’, released in the year 2024. When it was released, it performed well at the box office. Made with a budget of Rs 350 crore, this movie had earned only Rs 106 crore. Not only this, within a month of its release it came on OTT. Despite this, now there is news that she has become the top contender for Oscar 2025. According to media reports, ‘Kanguva’ had proved to be a disaster. But now it is competing with Shuchi Talati’s ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ (2024) and Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine as Light’ (2024). The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has informed that 323 films have been nominated for the 97th Oscar Award. Out of these, 207 are in the Best Film category. And there are 6 Indian films in it.

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6 Indian films sent to Oscar 2025

According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, ‘Kanguva’ (Tamil), ‘Aadujeevitham: The Goat Life’ (Hindi), ‘Santosh’ (Hindi), ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’ (Hindi), ‘All We Imagine as Light’ ‘ (Malayalam-Hindi) and ‘Girls Will Be Girls’ (Hindi-English) are included in the list. Now fans are happy with this news. But some are forced to think and want to know why Kanguva, which failed at the box office, is included in this list.

Movies have just been sent to the reminder list

Please note that this is a reminder list. These films have not been shortlisted. The reminder list shows which films were registered to be shortlisted for the Oscar Awards. After this, voting will take place and then it will be decided whether the films included in this list are to be shortlisted or not. In such a situation, these 6 Indian films have just been sent by the makers for Oscar. Now it is up to the academy whether they select it or not.