Oscars 2025: Suriya, Bobby Deol's Film Listed among the Contenders

The Siruthai Siva-directed film "Kanguva" was one of the most eagerly awaited Indian productions of 2024. There was a lot of excitement since Bobby Deol was playing the antagonist in his Tamil debut, while Suriya, a Tamil superstar, was playing two roles. Disha Patani, a Bollywood beauty, was opposite him. 

However, after a month of its premiere, Kanguva had a bad box office performance, thus it moved digital and appeared on OTT. It was one of the most expensive Indian films ever made, at a budget of between Rs 300 and Rs 350 crore, yet it only made Rs 106 crore and was a disaster.

Kanguva by Suriya and Bobby Deol joins the 2025 Oscars: The post 

Manobala Vijayabalan, a film industry tracker on X (formerly Twitter), shared the news along with the comment, "BREAKING: Kanguva ENTERS Oscars 2025," along with a picture of Suriya and the list of competitors. The Internet reacted in horror as the statement swiftly went viral. Users soon began to wonder where the film stood in the Oscar race. 

Netizens' responses to the 2025 Oscars Kanguva

One person commented, "Is this a joke?." Another said, "At the Oscars, Kanguva? Is a Grammy for the soundtrack the next step? "Kanguva to the Oscars?," a comment reads. This is awful," another X user observed, "so much so that it might as well nominate a TikTok dance for best choreography." On X, the news also triggered a meme frenzy. Look at it.

Everything about the 2025 Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just revealed the 323 feature films that are up for grabs at this year's Oscars. 207 of these films have fulfilled the prerequisites to be eligible for the esteemed Best Picture award.

Among the contenders are seven Indian films that made it to the list of 207 eligible films. These include the Malayalam-Hindi film All We Imagine as Light, the Hindi-English film Girls will be Girls, the Tamil film Kanguva, the Hindi film Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life), the Hindi film Santosh, the Hindi film Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, and Putul (Bengali).

The Oscars 2025 ceremony will take place on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Ovation Hollywood.