Submitted For Oscars 2027- Ranbir Kapoor film takes Independent route to 99th Academy Awards

If reports are to be believed, alongside Marathi film Gondhal, which is India’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category of the 99th Academy Awards, Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana, which stars Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi, has made it to the coveted ceremony. Nitesh Tiwari’s directorial has been submitted independently by the makers and is not India’s official entry, sources said.

Earlier in 2023, RRR was also submitted to the Oscars independently, while the Gujarati film, Last Film Show, was India’s official entry. S.S. Rajamouli’s film had won the Best Original Strong Award for Natu Natu.

It will be interesting to see whether Ramayana will get any nominations and win an award at the 99th celebration of Academy Awards. However, the makers have not officially made any announcement on the film being submitted to the Oscars.

Ramayana has collected ₹440.45 crore net in India, and the gross collection stands at ₹526.56 crore. Globally, the film has earned ₹297 crore gross, taking the 6-day gross total to ₹823.50 crore.

The film, had a decent opening at the box office and an extended weekend showed good collection throughout. Finally, a fantastic jump was recorded Monday onwards. However, it will be interesting to see how much Ramayana will collect in the coming days.

Ramayana, which is a two-part franchise film, is made on a budget of ₹4,000 crore. The Part One, as per sources, is reportedly cost the makers ₹2,000 crore.