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Oscars 2022: ‘Sherni’, 'Sardar Udham' shortlisted for the awards
Updated On: 23 October, 2021 08:03 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The 94th Academy Awards will honour the best films that have been released since March 1, 2021
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Vicky Kaushal and Vidya Balan/picture courtesy: AFP
Bollywood saw a lot of ups and downs, commercially and otherwise, these past two years due to the coronavirus outbreak. A lot of filmmakers had to go the OTT way to showcase their movies. In what comes as great news for the industry, two such digitally-released films, Sherni and Udham Singh, starring Vidya Balan and Vicky Kaushal respectively, have been shortlisted for the 94th Academy Awards.
Speaking of Sherni, Balan played a forest officer on the lookout for a man-eating tigress. The film also features Sharat Saxena, Mukul Chadda, Vijay Raaz, Ila Arun and Brijendra Kala, and garnered a positive response upon release. The film, directed by Amit Masurkar, was released on Amazon Prime Video. This is Amit Masurkar`s second film that has become India’s official entry to the Oscars. His previous release `Newton`, starring Rajkummar Rao, was also selected in 2017.
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