After learning that India would be sending its movie Chhello Show (Last Film Show) to the 2023 Academy Awards, director Nalin Pan was ecstatic. He posted an emotional thank you to the Film Federation of India on Twitter. The Gujarati movie has been selected as India’s entry for the 95th Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category.

“OMG! What a night this going to be! Gratitude to Film Federation of India and thank you FFI jury members. Thank you for believing in Chhello Show. Now I can breathe again and believe in cinema that entertains, inspires and enlightens! ” his post on Twitter read.

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Bhavin Rabari, Vikas Bata, Richa Meena, Bhavesh Shrimali, Dipen Raval, and Rahul Koli are the stars of Chhello Show. The film, according to its creators, is set against the backdrop of Indian theatres that underwent the change from celluloid to digital, where hundreds of single-screen theatres are either abandoned or have completely vanished.

The coming-of-age tale centres on a nine-year-old child who discovers his love for movies after buying off the theatre projector technician. The more films he sees over the course of the summer, the more he is captivated to the cinematic and filmmaking arts.

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At Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Feature Festival, the opening film, Chhello Show, had its world debut. At the 66th Valladolid Film Festival in Spain, it was awarded the Golden Spike.

“We are thrilled and honoured that our film, Last Film Show, has been selected to represent India at the Academy Awards,” producer Siddharth Roy Kapur said in a statement. There has never been a better time for a film that celebrates the magic and wonder of cinema and the theatrical experience. When a pandemic disrupts cinema-going around the world, it reminds audiences of the first time they fell in love with the experience of watching a movie in a darkened cinema hall.”

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Roy Kapur Films, Jugaad Motion Pictures, Monsoon Films, Chhello Show LLP, and Marc Duale produce Chhello Show.