Oscars 2024 | From India’s side, will Rocky and Rani’s love story, The Kerala Story go for Oscars?

oscars 2024: The process of selecting India’s official entry for the 96th Academy Awards 2024 has begun, with films including Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani and The Kerala Story under consideration. 2023 has proved to be an important year for Hindi films. Many Bollywood films including Pathan, Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, Gadar 2 joined the Rs 100 crore club worldwide and created new records at the box office. After such a stormy performance in theatres, top Indian films are now in the race to be selected as India’s official entry for the 96th Academy Awards 2024 to be held in March next year. According to reports, several films including Balagam, The Kerala Story, Zweigato and Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani have already been submitted to the committee for review.

Oscars 2024: Process begins for India’s official entry

With India winning two Oscars last year, hopes and expectations from next year’s ceremony are very high. India won its first Academy Award for a feature film, with RRR winning Best Original Score at the 95th Academy Awards. Guneet Monga’s The Elephant Whisperer also won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film at the ceremony. With the stakes high, the Film Federation of India is carefully reviewing all the submissions made by filmmakers for the Oscars selection committee.

According to a report in Hindustan Times, the Oscar committee has started the process of selecting India’s official entry through multiple screenings in Chennai. A final announcement regarding the decision is expected by next week.