'Kantara' reaches Oscar contention list in Best Picture, Actor categories
Mumbai: Rishab Shetty's 'Kantara' has made it to the Academy Awards contention list in the Best Picture and Best Actor categories, although the movie was a late entry to the award race.
As a result, 'Kantara', directed by Rishab Shetty, is now eligible for the Academy members to vote to push it through to the main nominations, reports India Today.
The movie joins S S Rajamouli's 'RRR' in the Academy Award race.
'Kantara' was one of the highest-grossing Indian movies of 2022, earning more than Rs 400 crore globally and completing 100 days in the theatres.
Hombale Films, which produced 'Kantara', said, "We are overjoyed to share that 'Kantara' has received 2 Oscar qualifications! A heartfelt thank you to all who have supported us. We look forward to share this journey ahead with all of your support. Can’t wait to see it shine at the #Oscars #Kantara #HombaleFilms (sic)."
They also shared the good news on their Twitter handle.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
