Bollywood movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ has been shortlisted for the Oscar 2023. This was informed by the filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri on Tuesday.
Taking to Twitter, he said, “BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: #TheKashmirFiles has been shortlisted for #Oscars2023 in the first list of @TheAcademy. It’s one of the 5 films from India. I wish all of them very best. A great year for Indian cinema."
“#PallaviJoshi #MithunChakraborty @DarshanKumaar @AnupamPKher are all shortlisted for best actor categories. It’s just the beginning. A long long road ahead. Pl bless them all,” he added.
The movie revolves around the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits that took place in the year 1990 following systematic killings of people by Pakistan-based terrorists.
The movie starred Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi and several others.
‘The Kashmir Files’, released in theatres in March last year, had led to huge controversy and was also criticized by many.
Meanwhile, other movies which were shortlisted for the Oscar awards 2023 are:
Gangubai Kathiawadi
Rocketry
