Midhunam, Sri Jagadguru Adi Shankara Recommended For Oscars
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oi-IANS
By Ians English
The
Telugu
Film
Producers'
Council
(TFPC)
is
said
to
have
recommended
Telugu
films
Midhunam
and
Sri
Jagadguru
Adi
Shankara
to
the
Film
Federation
of
India
(FFI)
as
contenders
for
India's
official
entry
to
the
Academy
Awards
best
foreign
language
film
category.
"I
have
been
informed
that
my
film
(Sri
Jagadguru
Adi
Shankara)
has
been
recommended
by
Telugu
Film
Producers'
Council
to
FFI
for
the
Oscars
in
the
best
foreign
language
film
category.
I'll
be
extremely
happy
if
it
gets
selected
for
the
Academy
Awards," the
film's
director
JK
Bharavi,
told
IANS.
Sri
Jagadguru
Adi
Shankara,
a
biopic
on
the
iconic
9th
century
saint
Adi
Sankaracharya,
features
an
ensemble
cast
of
Kaushik,
Akkineni
Nagarjuna,
Sri
Hari,
Pudipeddi
Sai
Kumar
and
Manchu
Mohan
Babu.
Midhunam,
on
the
other
hand,
is
a
story
on
the
relationship
of
an
elderly
couple.
It
featured
only
two
characters
essayed
by
singer-actor
SP
Balasubramanyam
and
Lakshmi.
"We
have
also
recommended
Midhunam.
The
final
decision
to
screen
the
film
rests
with
the
FFI,"
said
a
member
of
Telugu
Film
Producers
Council.
Directed
by
Tanikella
Bharani,
Midhunam
was
not
a
commercially
successful
film,
but
earned
critical
acclaim
from
audiences
and
critics
alike.
All
Indian
films
being
recommended
for
the
Oscars
will
be
viewed
by
a
special
committee
of
the
FFI
Sep
17
onwards.
One
movie
will
be
selected
for
the
consideration
of
Oscar
awards
in
the
best
foreign
language
film
category.