Marathi Cinema's Oscar Leap: 'Gondhal' Beats Bollywood Giants as India's Official Entry for 2027 Academy Awards

A quiet revolution just happened in Mumbai. The Film Federation of India announced on Friday that the Marathi film 'Gondhal' — not a Bollywood blockbuster, not a star vehicle — will represent India at the 99th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature category. In a year when the jury watched 33 films in ten days, including 'Hanuman Ansh', 'Dhurandhar', 'Border 2', and 'Haq', it was a folk-tragic thriller set in rural Maharashtra that emerged...