Gully Boy is India's official entry for Oscars 2020

New Delhi : Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt's Gully Boy has become India's official entry for the Oscars 2020. Directed by Zoya Akhtar, the film is a story of a Mumbai’s street rappers and was said to loosely based on rapper Naezy’s life.

Apart from Ranveer and Alia, the film also stars Vijay Raaz, Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Vijay Varma and Amruta Subhash.

The film, if gets nominated, will compete in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards.

Announcing the development, producer Farhan Akhtar tweeted, “#GullyBoy has been selected as India’s official entry to the 92nd Oscar Awards. #apnatimeaayega Thank you to the film federation and congratulations #Zoya @kagtireema @ritesh_sid @RanveerOfficial @aliaa08 @SiddhantChturvD @kalkikanmani & cast, crew and hip hop crew.”

Kalki Koechline also shared her excitement on the news. “Woweeeeeeeee! That is just the best Saturday evening news!” she tweeted.

https://twitter.com/kalkikanmani/status/1175381918931664897

Till date no Indian movie has managed to win an Oscar Award.