Zoya
Akhtar's
Gully
Boy
starring
Ranveer
Singh,
Alia
Bhatt
and
Siddhant
Chaturvedi
won
critical
acclaim
and
lots
of
love
and
appreciation
from
the
audience
as
well.
The
actors
also
walked
away
with
trophies
for
best
performances
at
many
award
ceremonies.
Well,
it's
not
just
us,
even
former
South
African
batsman
Jonty
Rhodes
was
completely
bowled
over
by
the
film
and
even
took
to
his
Twitter
page
to
share
how
he
laughed;
cried
and
had
goosebumps"
while
watching
the
movie.
Jonty
tweeted,
"Been
listening
to
the
#GullyBoy
soundtrack
ever
since
meeting
@SiddhantChturvD
last
year
at
an
event,
finally
got
to
watch
the
entire
movie
on
my
@emirates
to
India
last
night.
Thanks
to
subtitles,
I
laughed;
cried
and
had
goosebumps
@RanveerOfficial
@aliaa08@kalkikanmani."
Reacting
to
Jonty's
tweet,
Siddhant
Chaturvedi
who
played
the
role
of
a
rapper
named
MC
Sher
wrote,
"Oh
yes!!
I
am
glad
you
enjoyed
it
sir."
Gully
Boy
was
India's
official
entry
to
Oscars
2020.
Unfortunately,
the
film
failed
to
make
it
to
the
final
list
of
shortlisted
films.
Later,
Zoya
Akhtar
told
PTI,
"There
was
a
huge
learning.
It
was
exciting
because
I
have
got
many,
many
good
things
out
of
it.
I'm
not
going
to
deny
that
a
lot
of
good
things
have
happened
to
me.
There
are
no
complaints,
only
gratitude."
The
filmmaker
said
that
she
wasn't
disheartened
with
the
result
and
added,
"This
has
encouraged
me
to
do
what
I
do.
We
are
born
and
bred
in
this
business,
you
have
ups
and
you
have
downs.
You
cannot
let
the
ups
go
to
your
head
or
the
downs
go
to
your
heart.
Because
I'm
here
to
stay.
I'm
here
to
make
movies.
My
job
is
to
take
every
experience
and
get
better
with
it.
I
have
to
do
that,
I
have
no
choice.
My
first
film
didn't
do
well,
it
doesn't
mean
I'm
going
to
cry.
I'm
just
going
to
make
a
better
film,
then
another
better
one
and
so
on."
Gully
Boy,
which
released
in
2019,
is
a
coming-of-age
story
based
on
the
street
rappers
in
Mumbai.