{
  "id": 9104767,
  "title": "How India ended up with two films in the Oscar race for best international feature",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/how-india-ended-up-with-two-films-in-the-oscar-race-for-best-9104767",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-22T06:32:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2026/09/22/india-oscars-2027-angh-gondhal/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For decades, the route to the Oscar for Best International Feature Film has been straightforward: each country selects one film to represent it at the Academy Awards. But this year, India has two films in the race. Marathi thriller Gondhal , directed by Santosh Davakhar, was selected from 33 contenders as India's official submission for the 99th Academy Awards , to be held in March next year. But…",
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        "title": "How India ended up with two films in the Oscar race for best international feature",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/how-india-ended-up-with-two-films-in-the-oscar-race-for-best",
        "published": "2026-09-22T06:32:35.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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