Suriya and Aparna Balamurali’s Soorarai Pottru: The Sudha Kongara directorial joins the Oscar race

In what has come as an exciting piece of news to the fans of Kollywood, it has been announced by Rajasekar Pandiya, who is a co producer of Soorarai Pottru, that the film is in the Oscar race under the General Category in Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Score and several other categories. It was also revealed by him that the film is being reviewed by the Academy Screening Room today.

Announcing the news, he wrote on Twitter, “Happy Republic Day! #SooraraiPottru joins OSCARS under General Category in Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Score & other categories! The film has been made available in the Academy Screening Room today”. As soon as he revealed the news on social media, fans went gaga sharing it on all the platforms. They also congratulated the team for the same and wished them success.

See his Tweet here:

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Directed by Sudha Kongara, the film has Suriya and Aparna Balamurali as the lead actors. Soorarai Pottru is based on the life of Air Deccan CEO Gopinath. Originally, the film was planned for a summer 2020 release. However, it did not happen owing to the ongoing COVID 19 crises. It had a direct release on the OTT platform, Amazon Prime. Co-produced by Suriya and Guneet Monga and GV Prakash has composed music. The film received a tremendously positive review from fans across the country. Celebrities including Abhishek Bachchan and Mahesh Babu lauded the cast and crew.