Malayalam film '2018: Everyone is a Hero', starring actor Tovino Thomas, has been selected as India's official Oscars entry. The film is being sent to represent India at the 2024 Academy Awards, the Film Federation of India announced on Wednesday.

The devastating 2018 Kerala floods left a trail of destruction and loss across the state. Yet, from the depths of despair emerged stories that etched themselves in the archives of heroism. Forging its path to success, the survival drama became a phenomenon in the world of Malayalam cinema proudly holding the title of the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year and the top three highest-grossing Malayalam films of all time.