‘Court’ goes to Oscars, Salman goes to court: Twitter reacts to the Marathi film’s Oscar bid

Court, a Marathi film by Chaitanya Tamhane was chosen as India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 88th Academy Awards on Wednesday. [caption id=“attachment_2444186” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Vira Sathidar, who plays Narayan Kamble, in a still from Court. Image Courtesy: Facebook[/caption] Tamhane’s debut movie, Court is a courtroom drama which has won a National Film Award as well.  According to reports, the other front runners for the entry were PK, Masaan, Mary Kom, Haider, Kaaka Muttai, Baahubali and Kuttram Kadithal. Featuring impactful performances by actors Vivek Gomber, Vira Sathidar, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Pradeep Joshi, Usha Bane and Shirish Pawar, the movie did its fair share of rounds at foreign movie galas after premiering at the 71st Venice International Film Festival last year. The jury’s selection of Court received the seal of approval from Bollywood.

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Congratulations to the team of #Court on being #India's entry to the #Oscars. Very well deserved.

— Ranvir Shorey (@RanvirShorey) September 23, 2015

Go Mr Tamhane. I hope you get the best marketing resources in the campaign. #Court #Oscars2016

— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) September 23, 2015

Woooohoooooo!!! The brrrrilliant #Court is going to the #oscars... There is hope! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻😁😁😁

— Aditi Rao Hydari (@aditiraohydari) September 23, 2015

But there were some people who were not happy with Court’s selection for the Oscars and wanted Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan to be sent instead!

Meanwhile, there were lots and lots of jokes about Court and Salman Khan

#Court goes to Oscars for granting bail to Salman Khan in just 2hrs.

— Prabhakar Singh (@PRABHAKAR_KR29) September 23, 2015

#Court is an Official Entry for Oscars.

No, It has nothing to do with Salman Khan

😂😂😂

— Subrat Saurabh (@subratsaurabh) September 23, 2015

However, Indian Twitteratti were largely pleased with the selection of the National Award winning film.

Now to see if @TheAcademy, shows some good sense and picks @CourtTheFilm as a Best Foreign Film nominee. #HopeVsCampaigningBudget

— Deepanjana (@dpanjana) September 23, 2015

It's official and announced. India's official entry to the #Oscars is #Court. Proud to be one of the jury members to hv backed this film.

— Arindam Sil (@silarindam) September 23, 2015

.@CourtTheFilm chosen as India's #oscars entry. My #cartoon #Court pic.twitter.com/e65UgKOR6u

— MANJUL (@MANJULtoons) September 24, 2015

Personally dug Killa and Kaaka Muttai more but #Court is a good choice too. Congrats to Chaitanya Tamhane and gang.

— Mihir Fadnavis (@mihirfadnavis) September 23, 2015

Good choice. #Court does have the better chance as far as winning over the Academy is concerned.

— Aditya Shrikrishna (@gradwolf) September 23, 2015