India's Official Entry for the 92nd Academy Awards

The question asks about India's official selection for the Best International Feature Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards.

India sends one film each year to compete in this prestigious category at the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars. The Film Federation of India (FFI) is the body responsible for selecting the entry.

For the 92nd Academy Awards, which were held in 2020, the film selected as India's official entry was "Gully Boy".

"Gully Boy" is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film directed by Zoya Akhtar. It is a coming-of-age story about an aspiring street rapper from the slums of Mumbai.

Let's briefly look at the options provided:

• Bulbul Can Sing: This was an Indian film released in 2018, directed by Rima Das. While critically acclaimed, it was not India's entry for the 92nd Academy Awards.
• Super Deluxe: This is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja. It was also well-received but was not selected as India's official entry for the 92nd Academy Awards.
• Gully Boy: This film was indeed chosen as India's official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards.
• And The Oscar Goes To: This is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Salim Ahamed. As the title suggests, it's related to filmmaking and awards, but it was not India's official entry for the 92nd Academy Awards.

Therefore, based on the official selection by the FFI for the 92nd Academy Awards, "Gully Boy" was India's entry for the Best International Feature Film category.

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Additional Information: India at the Academy Awards

The Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards honors feature-length motion pictures produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track. Each country is invited to submit one film as its official entry.

• India has been submitting films for this category since 1957.
• As of the 96th Academy Awards (held in 2024), three Indian films have been nominated for this award:
  • Mother India (1957)
  • Salaam Bombay! (1988)
  • Lagaan (2001)
• No Indian film has won the Best International Feature Film award to date. However, Indian individuals have won Oscars in other categories (e.g., Bhanu Athaiya for Costume Design, Satyajit Ray for Lifetime Achievement, A.R. Rahman, Gulzar, Resul Pookutty for Slumdog Millionaire, and the team behind The Elephant Whisperers for Best Documentary Short Film and RRR's song "Naatu Naatu" for Best Original Song).
• The process involves a committee appointed by the Film Federation of India selecting one film from the eligible movies released in India during a specific period.