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It seems that Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound isn’t the only film that has a chance to represent India at the upcoming Academy Awards. The films being considered for the categories Best Animated Film, Best Documentary, and Best International Feature Film have been announced, and another Indian film has made it on the list. Ashwin Kumar’s animated film Mahavatar Narsimha is now officially part of the initial pool of films from which the final nominees will be chosen.
According to the list provided by the Academy, Mahavatar Narsimha will be competing with many heavy hitters in its category, namely, K-Pop Demon Hunters, Demon Slayer Infinity Castle, The Bad Guys 2, Chainsaw Man Reze Arc, and Zootopia 2. The Academy members will choose 5 nominees from a pool of 35 films. It is important to note that films like Infinity Castle and Reze Arc belong to anime shows that are revered for their animation.
The International Feature Film category is much wider and has a pool of 86 films. Homebound will be going toe to toe with films like Young Mothers, The President’s Cake, and A House Named Shahana. The pool is made up of other impressive films as well, which have all received critical acclaim and recognition at international film festivals.
Out of the three lists, Best Documentary was by far the biggest, with 201 films fighting for just 5 spots. The members of the Academy will first get the number down to 15 selections, and the final 5 will be chosen from that.
When Kumar’s Mahavatar Narsimha was released in India, no one had quite expected the box office reception it received. Released in four languages, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Tamil, the film’s India net collection was Rs 250 crore, making it the highest-grossing animated film of the country. Even after its impressive performance on home turf, Kumar’s film is going up against films like Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, which earned $740 million (Rs 6633 crore) across the globe, compared to Mahavatar Narsimha’s Rs 325 crore worldwide collection.
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