New Delhi:
surya’s movie Canguva It received a lukewarm response at the box office, with many criticizing its loud soundtrack and lack of screen time for the actors. Despite this, the film has now made its place in the list of 2025 Oscar contenders. Directed by Siruthai Siva, Kanguva marks Suriya’s return to the big screen after a gap of two years.
Film industry tracker Manobala Vijayabalan shared the news on The tweet quickly went viral, sparking a flood of shocked reactions on the internet. Users were quick to question the film’s place in the Oscar race.
One user commented, “Is this a joke?” Another wrote, “Kanguwa at the Oscars? What’s next, Grammy for soundtrack?”. While one comment read, “Kanguwa for an Oscar? Might as well give a nomination for a TikTok dance for Best Choreography,” another X user wrote, “This is shameful.” This news also started a meme fest on X. Take a look.
Under which category? Worst movie of the year?
– Falih Ahmed (@NoRetrieveNo) 7 January 2025
Visual representation of the Oscar jury coming out of the screening- https://t.co/zDPhIMfC16 pic.twitter.com/3EeIgAaR2M
-Kshmik (@kshmik4) 7 January 2025
Suriya is nominating his own film: https://t.co/rdikBCoAGj pic.twitter.com/xC4BYM9dks
– Iceman (@icemantg33) 7 January 2025
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently released the list of 323 feature films eligible for this year’s Oscars. Of these, 207 films have met the eligibility criteria for the prestigious Best Picture category.
The contenders include five Indian films that have made it to the list of 207 eligible films. These films include: Kanguva (Tamil), Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life) (Hindi), Santosh (Hindi), Swatantrya Veer Savarkar (Hindi), All We Imagine as Light (Malayalam-Hindi) And Girls will be girls (Hindi-English),
Voting for nominations begins tomorrow, January 8, 2025, and ends on January 12, 2025. Final nominations will be announced on January 17, 2025. The Oscars 2025 ceremony is scheduled for March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre. Ovation Hollywood.
