Recently, Vivek Agnihotri took to Twitter and announced that his film The Kashmir Files has been shortlisted for the Oscars in 2023. The director also congratulated the other Indian movies that have been shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards.
The filmmaker Vivek was filled with joy and excitement and tweeted,
“BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: #TheKashmirFiles has been shortlisted for #Oscars2023 in the first list of @TheAcademy. It’s one of the 5 films from India. I wish all of them the very best. A great year for Indian cinema #PallaviJoshi #MithunChakraborty @DarshanKumaar @AnupamPKher are all shortlisted for best actor categories. It’s just the beginning. A long long road ahead. PL bless them all.”
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: #TheKashmirFiles has been shortlisted for #Oscars2023 in the first list of @TheAcademy. It’s one of the 5 films from India. I wish all of them very best. A great year for Indian cinema. 🙏🙏🙏
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) January 10, 2023
#PallaviJoshi #MithunChakraborty @DarshanKumaar @AnupamPKher are all shortlisted for best actor categories. It’s just the beginning. A long long road ahead. Pl bless them all. pic.twitter.com/fzrY9VKDcP
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) January 10, 2023
Just in a few minutes his tweet went viral, and netizens corrected the filmmaker and told him that the film had not been shortlisted but that the Academy had released a list of movies from different countries that were “eligible” for consideration in the international feature film category.
A journalist replied to Agnihotri’s tweet and wrote,
“Kashmir Files has not been “shortlisted” for the Oscars. Oscars released a list of 301 films that are “eligible”. Kashmir Files is one of them along with 10 Indian films. Only Last Film Show, All That Breathes, Elephant Whisperers, Natu Natu are yet “shortlisted” from India.”
He added,
“Three hundred one feature films are eligible for the 2022 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. The word is eligible, not shortlisted. Shortlists were announced on 21 December 2022 for 10 categories.”
Kashmir Files has not been "shortlisted" for Oscars. Oscars released a list of 301 films which are "eligible". Kashmir Files is one of them along with 10 Indian films. Only "Last Film Show", "All That Breathes", "Elephant Whisperers", "Natu Natu" are yet "shortlisted" from India. https://t.co/ivMd0PBt08
— Kaushik Raj (@kaushikrj6) January 10, 2023
"Three hundred one feature films are eligible for the 2022 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today."
The word is eligible, not shortlist. Shortlists were announced on 21 December 2022 for 10 categories.https://t.co/AGOWzzstz4
— Kaushik Raj (@kaushikrj6) January 10, 2023
Many users were seen taking a dig at the filmmaker for his claims and mistake. Have a look at some of these tweets
This is a misleading and false tweet. there is a difference between *Shortlisted and *eligibility. #Fact_Check
— Sudhanshu Shubham (@sudhanshu_shubh) January 10, 2023
Meanwhile, apart from The Kashmir Files, Alia Bhatt’s Gangubai Kathiawadi and R Madhavan’s Rocketry have made it to the list.
