We reported earlier about Pathemari missing a shot at this year’s Indian film to get an entry to the Academy Awards. Instead of Pathemari it was Court which got lucky at the final round to be the official entry to Oscars which was reportedly said by K Madhu. When this news was reported, many questioned its credibility as well as pointing out the fact that the other media were not celebrating it and asking whether K Madhu was a part of the Jury or not. So as a reply to all those people who questioned the news, we have a reply and that is from the director Dr. Biju who was one of the Malayali Jury who was involved in the selection Jury of Indian movies to the Oscars.
This is the 88th Academy Awards for Foreign Language Film in which Court has been selected as the official entry. The doubt of people was cleared by Dr. Biju through a photo he posted in his Facebook account today. The photo included a description along with it saying “ A photo session. Oscar selection jury members for Indian entry to 88th Academy awards for foreign language film’’.
In the photo the Jury members were seen in which K Madhu was also present along with the other Jury members. The Jury Chief of the Indian film entry was Amol Palekar and the Jury consisted of 17 members. Among these 17 member team, there were two Malayali’s along with K Madhu and they were Dr. Biju and Ramachandrababu an acclaimed Director and Cinematographer respectively.
This news about Pathemari was revealed by K Madhu, the famous director and people who remarked that K Madhu was not in the Jury and hence, Pathemari has no chance of being in the selection process. But after this photo shared by Dr. Biju everything has been proved and clarified that K Madhu was in the jury and it is proud moment for Malayalis as Pathemari which competed for the Oscar entry will reach us probably by next month at the theatres.
With this photo shared by Dr. Biju, the people are left awestruck thinking it is a real one as K Madhu was a part of it and Pathemari was there competing the selection process. The movie will be truly an eye opener as the story revolves around the life of an immigrant. The cast includes Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Jewel Mary, Joy Mathew, Salim Kumar, Balachandra Menon, Siddique and many others in prominent roles.And being there in the Oscar selection Pathemari has truly made the movie buffs expect something big at the theatres.
Kudos to Pathemari team and the craftsman behind it, Salim Ahamed.Anyway this news has struck the Malayalam film lovers who were reluctant to believe that K Madhu was in the Jury and Pathemari was in the final round of the selection process of Oscars Indian entry. Maybe it was because, there was no information about the Jury members involved for this prestigious award that people could not accept it as K Madhu was in the Jury.
