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Indian documentary on Oscar winner ‘Naatu Naatu” lyricist Chandrabose selected for finals in Cannes World Film Festival, France

Sushil Rao's documentary on Oscar winner ‘Naatu Naatu” lyricist Chandrabose enters finals in Cannes World Film Festival, France




Indian documentary on Oscar winner ‘Naatu Naatu” lyricist Chandrabose selected for finals in Cannes World Film Festival, France


“Oscar Challagariga” produced and directed by Chilkuri Sushil Rao has been selected as a finalist in the Cannes World Film Festival, France. 


The documentary about Oscar winner lyricist Kanukuntla Subhash Chandrabose from India has now reached the finalist category. It earlier moved into the semi-finals after its official selection.

Films from the US, Germany, Greece, UK, Australia, Malta, Iran, China, Russian Federation, Cuba, Guinea-Bissau, Costa Rica, Sweden, France, Bulgaria, Chile, Brazil, Switzerland, Spain, Colombia, Turkey, India, Canada, and Belgium are among the entries which have also made it to the finals. The announcement of finalists was made on December 16, 2023. 


"Cannes World Film Festival is a showcase of the best gems and must-see films from around the World. Our Golden Firefly only picks the best films for the screenings so it's not only a great festival to enter, but a great film journey to attend,” said Karolina Bomba, founder and president  of Cannes World Film Festival. 


The Telugu song “Naatu Naatu” from the movie “RRR” directed by S S Rajamouli won Academy Awards presented in  2023. 


The lyrics for the song were composed by Chandrabose who hails from Challagariga village in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district in Telangana, India. Both Chandrabose and music director M M Keeravani received the Oscar award for the ‘Best Original Song’ in the Oscars presented at Dolby theatre, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, US,  on March 12, 2023.  This was the first time an Indian production won an Oscar Awards in the 95-year-old history of the awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 


“Oscar Challagairga” is a documentary that captures the celebratory mood in the non-descript Challagiraga village from where Chandrabose hailed. On April 2, 2023, hundreds of villagers accorded a grand welcome to Chandrabose when he visited the village for the first time with the award after he arrived in Hyderabad.


The villagers showered flower petals on him as a celebratory procession was taken out. A typically local and rural music band gave him a resounding welcome.  “The villagers accorded a welcome befitting a King to Chandrabose. They understood that he had won the world’s top honour in filmdom. The documentary is a fitting tribute not just to Chandrabose but the villagers who showered their love on Chandrabose,” documentary filmmaker Chilkuri Sushil Rao said.


The documentary filmmaker Chilkuri Sushil Rao is a gold medalist from the Department of Communication and Journalism from Osmania University established in 1918 in Hyderabad.

Chilkuri Sushil Rao has pursued filmmaking formal courses offered by the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, University of Kerala, and IIT Madras. He has been a journalist since 1988. 










ఫ్రాన్స్‌లోని కేన్స్ వరల్డ్ ఫిల్మ్ ఫెస్టివల్‌లో ఫైనల్స్‌కు ఎంపికైన తెలుగు డాక్యుమెంటరీ "ఆస్కార్ చల్లగరిగ"


చిల్కూరి సుశీల్ రావు నిర్మించి, దర్శకత్వం వహించిన “ఆస్కార్ చల్లగరిగ” ఫ్రాన్స్‌లోని కేన్స్ వరల్డ్ ఫిల్మ్ ఫెస్టివల్‌లో ఫైనలిస్ట్‌గా ఎంపికైంది.


భారతదేశానికి చెందిన ఆస్కార్ విజేత గీత రచయిత కనుకుంట్ల సుభాష్ చంద్రబోస్ గురించిన డాక్యుమెంటరీ ఇప్పుడు ఫైనలిస్ట్ కేటగిరీకి చేరుకుంది. అధికారిక ఎంపిక తర్వాత ఇది అంతకుముందు సెమీ-ఫైనల్‌లోకి వెళ్లింది.

US, జర్మనీ, గ్రీస్, UK, ఆస్ట్రేలియా, మాల్టా, ఇరాన్, చైనా, రష్యన్ ఫెడరేషన్, క్యూబా, గినియా-బిస్సౌ, కోస్టారికా, స్వీడన్, ఫ్రాన్స్, బల్గేరియా, చిలీ, బ్రెజిల్, స్విట్జర్లాండ్, స్పెయిన్, కొలంబియా, టర్కీ, భారతదేశం నుండి సినిమాలు , కెనడా మరియు బెల్జియం కూడా ఫైనల్స్‌లోకి ప్రవేశించిన ఎంట్రీలలో ఉన్నాయి. ఫైనలిస్టుల ప్రకటన డిసెంబర్ 16, 2023న జరిగింది.


"ఆస్కార్ చల్లగరిగ" అనేది చంద్రబోస్ ఆస్కార్ అవార్డును చల్లగరిగ గ్రామం ఎలా జరుపుకుంది అనే డాక్యుమెంటరీ.


డాక్యుమెంటరీ చిత్రనిర్మాత చిల్కూరి సుశీల్ రావు హైదరాబాద్‌లోని ఉస్మానియా విశ్వవిద్యాలయం నుండి కమ్యూనికేషన్ మరియు జర్నలిజం విభాగం నుండి బంగారు పతక విజేత.

చిల్కూరి సుశీల్ రావు ఫిలిం అండ్ టెలివిజన్ ఇన్‌స్టిట్యూట్ ఆఫ్ ఇండియా, పూణె, యూనివర్శిటీ ఆఫ్ కేరళ మరియు ఐఐటీ మద్రాస్ అందించే ఫిల్మ్ మేకింగ్ కోర్సులను అభ్యసించారు. 1988 నుంచి జర్నలిస్టుగా కొనసాగుతున్నారు.


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