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Anupam Kher On 'The Kashmir Files바카라™ Oscar Eligibility: 'Slap On Faces Of People...'

Along with The Kashmir Files, other films including RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Kantara and Chhello Show (Last Film Show) have been named in the list of 301 films eligible for the Oscar nominations. 

Anupam Kher In A Still From The Kashmir Files
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Actor Anupam Kher is overwhelmed that the story of The Kashmir Files (2022) is taking a global shape as the film has a shot at earning an Oscar nomination after getting eligible. He also says that it is an answer to all the people who called it a propaganda film.

바카라œIt is a shortlisting, not a nomination. But the thousand-mile journey is done by taking the first step. It바카라™s a great feeling. The film is not just cinema, a story of all those people who suffered because of the genocide. It was a very personal subject for me, and became more personal after some people questioned the intention of the filmmaker and the people involved with it,바카라 says Anupam Kher, reports Hindustan Times.

The 67-year-old adds, 바카라œI바카라™m equally thrilled about getting shortlisted. It is the beginning of a big dream. I바카라™m from a small town, who came to Bombay, and now to get shortlisted for the performance of a film.. It is a humbling feeling바카라.

In fact, the actor feels the film getting noticed by the Academy is also a nod to the 바카라œglory of Indian cinema바카라, adding, 바카라œWe represent not only those people who were thrown out of their homes in Kashmir but also the 1.4 billion people바카라.

Along with The Kashmir Files, other films including RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Kantara and Chhello Show (Last Film Show) have been named in the list of 301 films eligible for the Oscar nominations. 

Anupam Kher says, 바카라œI will wish and pray that it gets nominated, but I am equally happy and proud of the other four films, which have been shortlisted. In the end, it is Indian cinema which is at the global stage.바카라

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