Reason behind Dhurandhar missing Oscar bus

Reason behind Dhurandhar missing Oscar bus. Many expected that Ranveer Singh-Aditya Dhar's spy thriller Dhurandhar which created a sensation at the box office will be India's official entry for the prestigious Oscars.

But they got shock as the panel decided to sent Marathi film Gondhal as India's entry for the 99th Academy Awards. Vivek Vaswani,one of the members of the Film Federation of India jury, revealed “Couple of people liked it but we didn't think that it was Oscar material.”

Vivek also told the website that the Dhurandhar films did not represent Indian culture in the way the jury was looking for while deciding India's official submission.

When asked how many of the 14 jury members voted in favour of the film, Vivek responded, “Four.” Directed and written by Santosh Davakhar, Gondhal is a thriller built around Maharashtra’s traditional midnight ritual and folk-performance tradition, which also gives the film its name. Its cultural setting and portrayal of Indian traditions were among the aspects that appealed to the jury.

- Pramod Nandivada