There may be six months left until the 2023 Oscars, but that doesn’t mean the film festival isn’t already creating a tonne of buzz. Today, India’s official selection for the Oscars has been announced, and Twitter is fizzing with both excitement and objections over the decision.
The film chosen for official entry is Chhello Show, also called Last Film Show, a Gujarati coming-of-age film directed by Pan Nalin. It tells the story of nine-year-old Samay, who, after sneaking into a cinema’s projection booth, becomes engrossed with the world of film. The story is semi-autobiographical: Nalin, a self-taught filmmaker, reportedly left his family at a relatively young age in order to build a career in cinema.
