Kangana Ranaut Applauds 'Jallikattu' Movie For Being Selected As India's First Official Entry At Oscars 2021

Bollywood ace actress Kangana Ranaut has applauded the decision of the jury for selecting Malayalam movie 'Jallikattu' as India's official entry to 'Best International Feature Film' category to the 93rd Academy Awards. As she was always against Bollywood 'mafia', she applauded this decision and congratulated the team of 'Jallikattu' who also won 3 National awards.

This 'Queen' actress took to her Twitter and dropped her view bashing the Bollywood along with applauding the 'Jallikattu' team for making their way to Oscars 2021…

She wrote, "All the scrutiny/ bashing Bullydawood gang got is finally yielding some results, Indian films aren't just about 4 film families, movie mafia gang is hiding in their houses and letting juries do their job and congratulations team #Jallikattu".

Well, many of the Bollywood stars also welcomed the decision of choosing this movie as the first Oscar's entry in the 'International Feature Film' category. This movie was directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery and has Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran in the prominent roles.

Jallikattu flick was picked from a list of 27 movies which include The Disciple, Bhonsle, Chhalaang, Eeb Allay Ooo!, Shakuntala Devi, Shikara, Gunjan Saxena, Chhapaak, AK vs AK, Gulabo Sitabo, Check Post, Atkan Chatkan, Serious Men, Bulbbul, Kaamyaab, The Sky is Pink, Chintu ka Birthday and Bittersweet flicks.

Speaking to media, the Filmmaker Rahul Rawail, Chairman, Jury Board, Film Federation of India said,"There were a total of 27 films that had entered the race from Hindi, Malayalam, Oria and Marathi. The film which has been nominated by the jury to represent India at Oscars is Malayalam film Jallikattu. It is a film that really brings out the raw problems which are there in human beings, that is we are worse than animals."

He added, "The whole film talks about an animal that has run amok. The film has been depicted wonderfully and it has been shot very well. The emotion that comes out really moved all of us to have it selected".

According to the sources, Jallikattu is a controversial 'bull-taming'gamewhich will be traditionally held in Tamil Nadu annually.