Gully Boy Selected As India's Official Entry For Oscars 2020; Farhan Akhtar Says 'Apna Time Aayega'!
Zoya Akhtar's 'Gully Boy' starring these two actors have been selected as India's official entry for the 92nd Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category.
Here's
some
good
news
for
all
Ranveer
Singh
and
Alia
Bhatt
fans!
Zoya
Akhtar's
'Gully
Boy'
starring
these
two
actors
have
been
selected
as
India's
official
entry
for
the
92nd
Academy
Awards
in
the
Best
International
Feature
Film
category,
earlier
known
as
Best
Foreign
Language
Film
category.
Farhan
Akhtar
took
to
his
Twitter
page
to
share
the
news
and
posted,
GullyBoy
has
been
selected
as
India's
official
entry
to
the
92nd
Oscar
Awards.
#apnatimeaayega
Thank
you
to
the
film
federation
and
congratulations#Zoya
@kagtireema
@ritesh_sid
@RanveerOfficial
@aliaa08
@SiddhantChturvD
@kalkikanmani
&
cast,
crew
and
hip
hop
crew."
Inspired
by
the
lives
of
Indian
rappers,
Divine
and
Naezy,
the
Ranveer-Alia
starrer
told
the
story
of
an
aspiring
rapper
Murad
Ahmed
which
fights
against
the
odds
to
follow
his
dreams.
Reportedly,
the
jury
to
select
India's
entry
for
the
Oscars
was
headed
by
Aparna
Sen,
and
the
decision
to
select
Ranveer
Singh-Alia
Bhatt's
'Gully
Boy'
was
unanimous.
Last
year,
Village
Rockstars
was
selected
as
India's
official
entry
to
the
91st
Academy
Awards,
but
it
had
failed
to
make
it
to
the
nominations.
So
far,
only
Indian
films
have
made
it
till
the
last
round
at
the
Oscars.
This
includes
Mehboob
Khan's
Mother
India
(1957),
Mira
Nair's
Salaam
Bombay!
(1988),
and
Ashutosh
Gowariker's
Lagaan
(2001).
Meanwhile,
the
92nd
Academy
Awards
will
be
held
on
February
9,
2020
at
the
Dolby
Theatre
in
Los
Angeles.