Priyanka Chopra hosts special screening of Chhello Show in Los Angeles, director Pan Nalin and Bhavin Rabari attend, see photos : Bollywood News

In 2022, the Film Federation of India (FFI) picked the Gujarati movie, Chhello Show (Last Film Show) as India's official entry for the Academy Awards 2023. The film has been shortlisted for the International Feature Film category. For the Oscars 2023 campaign, Priyanka Chopra hosted a special screening of the movie in Los Angeles and it was attended by the director Pan Nalin and lead actor Bhavin Rabari.

Priyanka Chopra hosts special screening of Chhello Show in Los Angeles, director Pan Nalin and Bhavin Rabari attend, see photos

Sharing the pictures and the clip on social media, producer David Dubinsky wrote, “With Priyanka Chopra, actress, model, and producer (wife of Nick Jonas) at the movie screening and reception of Last Film Show, a coming of age drama of a boy from a remote village in India who discovers the joys of the movie theater just as digital projection changes the game. It is India’s submission to the Academy Awards and was just shortlisted in Best International feature film category. Available on Netflix.”

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The film stars Bhavin Rabari, Vikas Bata, Richa Meena, Bhavesh Shrimali, Dipen Raval and Rahul Koli. The story is set against the backdrop of cinemas in India witnessing a massive transition from celluloid to digital, where hundreds of single-screen cinemas stand dilapidated or have disappeared altogether. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2021. It also won the Golden Spike at the 66th Valladolid International Film Festival in 2021.

So far, the last Indian movie to have made it to the top five in the Best International Feature category are Mother India (1958), Salaam Bombay (1989) and Lagaan (2001).

On the work front, Priyanka Chopra will next star in the Hollywood films Love Again and Ending Things. She also has Russo Brothers’ series Citadel. She will soon begin shooting for her next Bollywood film Jee Le Zaraa. Helmed by Farhan Akhtar, the upcoming drama also stars Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt in lead roles.