The film has been selected as India’s official entry for the Oscars 2024. This year a Malayalam Masterpiece Heads to Oscars 2024 by India. The name of this movie is ‘2018: Everyone is a Hero’. The film stars Tovino Thomas in the lead role. This Malayalam film 2018 is India’s official entry for the 2024 Academy Awards.
Today, the jury headed by Kannada film director Girish Kasaravalli announced that the film ‘2018: Everyone is a Hero’ has been selected for the Oscars. The film will be eligible for the award only if it gets a place in the nomination list. The film ‘2018: Everyone is a Hero’ is set against the backdrop of the 2018 floods that devastated parts of Kerala.
Malayalam Cinema’s biggest blockbuster #2018Movie will be India’s official entry to Oscar 2024. pic.twitter.com/T2YvviQ708
— LetsCinema (@letscinema) September 27, 2023
Today, the jury headed by Kannada film director Girish Kasaravalli announced that the film ‘2018: Everyone is a Hero’ has been selected for the Oscars. The film will be eligible for the award only if it gets a place in the nomination list. The film ‘2018: Everyone is a Hero’ is set against the backdrop of the 2018 floods that devastated parts of Kerala.
Before selecting Malayalam film ‘2018’ for Oscars 2024, ‘The Kerala Story’ (Hindi), ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’, ‘Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway’ (Hindi), ‘Baalgam’ (Telugu), ‘Valvi’ ( Marathi), ‘Bapalyok’ (Marathi) and ’16 August 1947′ (Tamil) were being considered. Finally ‘2018’ won and this film has been sent for Oscar from India.
Malayalam film #2018Movie will be India’s official entry to the #Oscars2024 pic.twitter.com/C2UvP8Y7my
— Vamsi Kaka (@vamsikaka) September 27, 2023
Directed by Jude Anthony Joseph, the film starred Tovino Thomas, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Vineeth Srinivasan, Narayan and Lal in important roles. ‘2018’ was released in May this year. The film received excellent response from critics and was a hit at the box office as well. It is the highest grossing Malayalam film of all time and one of the highest grossing Indian films of the year.
