Chaitanya Tamhane's 'Court' is India's official entry to Oscars 2016

Marathi film ‘Court’ is India's entry to Oscars 2016

Chaitanya Tamhane's critically acclaimed film 'Court' will be India's official entry this year at the Academy Awards. The first time director's Marathi film 'Court' has been lauded by critics and masses alike and has even fetched National Award earlier this year.

The news was confirmed to by Supran Sen, secretary general of the Film Federation of India, which selects the country's official entry in the Best Foreign Film category of the prestigious Oscars.

Veteran actor-filmmaker Amol Palekar was heading the jury for choosing the entry this year

The film 'Court' is about a trial which unfolds in a lower court, where the hopes and dreams of the city's ordinary people play out.

It was named the National Film Award winner in the Best Feature Film category for 2014

The film 'Court' won two coveted awards - the Horizons award for Best Film which carries a 100,000 $ cash prize and the Lion of the Future award for a Debut Film - at the Venice International Film festival in 2014 among others. It was picked up by New York-based Zeitgeist Films, known for sensing the next big film-making talent in the world, for distribution in the US.

‘Court’ is the third Marathi film after Sandeep Sawant’s Shwaas (Breath) in 2004, and Paresh Mokashi’s Harishchandrachi Factory (Harischandra’s Factory) made on the life of Dadasaheb Phalke in 2009 to be selected as India’s entry to the Academy Awards.