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Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar‘s ‘Gully Boy’, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, is out of the Oscar race. ‘Gully Boy’ which was India’s official entry for the 92nd Academy Awards, failed to make it for the next round of films shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category.

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On Tuesday. the Academy Awards released the list of 10 films shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category. The films that made to the list are, ‘The Painted Bird’ (Czech Republic), ‘Truth and Justice’ (Estonia), ‘Les Misérables’ (France), ‘Those Who Remained'(Hungary), ‘Honeyland’ (North Macedonia), ‘Corpus Christi’ (Poland), ‘Beanpole’ (Russia), ‘Atlantics’ (Senegal), ‘Parasite’ (South Korea) and ‘Pain & Glory’ (Spain).

‘Gully Boy’ is inspired by the lives of street rappers Divine and Naezy, and traced the story of Murad who aspired to become a Rapper. The film earned rave reviews from the critics and the audience alike. It also featured Kalki Koechlin, Vijay Raaz and Siddhant Chaturvedi, who marked his Bollywood debut with this film.

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At the Indian Box office, the film performed exceptionally well. This joint production venture between Excel Entertainment and Tiger Baby Productions, earned around Rs 140.25 crore.

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