Gujarati movie Chhello Show has been selected as India’s official entry for Oscar Awards 2023. This artistic movie, which revolves around a boy’s fascination for movies, has crushed the Oscar dreams of RRR movie. Rajamouli’s magnum opus was initially selected in the probables list for India’s entry for Oscar nominations. But RRR failed to make the final cut, as jury chose Chhello Show which means ‘The Last Show’ in English.
Chhello Show is directed by Pan Nalin. It stars Bhavin Rabari, Richa Meena, Bhavesh Shrimali, Dipen Raval and others. Chhello Show which is yet to be released in theatres has been premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2021. This movie which tracks the journey of a boy from interior Gujarat and his fascination towards storytelling, has already won fans in artistic movie circles.
While this small budget Gujarati movie will be official entry for Oscars nominations in ‘International Movies’ category from India, fans of RRR will be definitely disappointed. They were hoping for a historic moment for RRR. But their dreams came crashing too soon.