Critically acclaimed Malayalam film Jallikattu, which was selected by the Film Federation of India India as the official entry for Oscars, is out of the race. The malayalam film failed to make it to the longer shortlist of fifteen films that will compete to make it to the later stages of the nominations. Jallikattu (2019) is an action drama film is directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery with a screenplay by S Hareesh and R Jayakumar. It is based on the short story named Maoist by Hareesh. The film stars Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran.
The film had its premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2019, and received tremendous critical acclaim. The Oscar nominations will be announced on March 15, with the show scheduled to take place on April 25.In the last few years, India had some critically acclaimed films up for entries with titles such as Gully Boy, Village Rockstars, Newton and Visaranani but failed to make the final cut. The only Indian films to have been nominated for an Oscar so far have been Mother India, Salaam Bombay and Lagaan.