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Bollywood actor Vicky Kaushal’s recently released film ‘Sardar Udham’ has been winning hearts since its release.
Directed by Shoojit Sircar, the biopic was released on Amazon Prime Video on October 16, 2021.
Vicky plays the titular role- Sardar Udham Singh, who assassinated Michael O’Dwyer (the lieutenant governor of Punjab) for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919
The Vicky Kaushal starrer, along with Vidya Balan’s ‘Sherni’ & 12 other Indian films, was shortlisted for India’s official entry to the Oscars 2022.
However, ‘Sardar Udham’ is no longer in the race for India’s entry to the 94th Academy Awards. Talking to TOI, Indraadip Dasgupta, one of the jury members, revealed the reason why ‘Sardar Udham’ got rejected. Explaining the reason, Indraadip told the daily that it ‘projects our hatred towards the British’.
He said, “Sardar Udham is a little lengthy and harps on the Jallianwala Bagh incident. It is an honest effort to make a lavish film on an unsung hero of the Indian freedom struggle. But in the process, it again projects our hatred towards the British. In this era of globalization, it is not fair to hold on to this hatred.”
Another jury member, Sumit Basu, stated, “Many have loved Sardar Udham for its cinematic quality including camerawork, editing, sound design and depiction of the period. I thought the length of the film was an issue. It has a delayed climax. It takes a lot of time for a viewer to feel the real pain for the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.”
Well, fans were not happy with the jury’s decision and expressed their disappointment on social media.
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For the unversed, the Tamil film ‘Koozhangal’ (Pebbles) became India’s official Oscars 2022 entry in the Best International Feature Film category.
