Inspired by the lives of Mumbai street rappers Divine and Naezy, the Zoya Akhtar-directed film stars Ranveer Singh as a struggling rapper who breaks through while U.S. rapper Nas serves as an executive producer.
as the country's official entry for the best international feature film category at the 2020 Oscars.
Directed by Zoya Akhtar, the film is inspired by the lives of Mumbai street rappers Divine and Naezy and stars top actor Ranveer Singh as an aspiring rapper living in the slums who dreams of breaking through. Leading actress Alia Bhatt plays his love interest. U.S. rapper Nas served as an executive producer while Akhtar and her brother and film-maker Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani produced the film via their Tiger Baby and Excel Entertainment banners.premiered in Berlin and also performed strongly at the box office when it released in February while throwing the spotlight on India's growing underground hip-hop scene.
While India has bagged three Academy Award nominations in what was then the foreign-language category over the years — starting with 1957's
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