Jallikattu actor Antony Varghese: Blindly followed Lijo's vision
Updated On: 26 November, 2020 07:26 AM IST | Mumbai | Uma Ramasubramanian
Jallikattu actor Antony credits filmmaker Jose Pellissery as the Malayalam movie is chosen as Indias official entry to Oscars 2021
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Antony Varghese in a still from Jallikattu
Almost two years after Guneet Monga's Period: End of Sentence bagged the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject, India continues to eye the coveted golden statuette for Best International Feature Film. On Wednesday, the Film Federation of India announced that Malayalam film Jallikattu has been selected as India's official entry for the category at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Antony Varghese, the leading man of the Lijo Jose Pellissery-directed venture, says that he thought it was a prank when the first few congratulatory calls came his way. "I realised we have made the cut only when I started getting countless calls. I hadn't imagined in my wildest dreams that our film would be a contender at the Oscars. We blindly followed Lijo's vision," says the ebullient actor.
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