What is the Oscar reminder list?

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About reminder list-

• The ‘Reminder List’ is brought out by the Academy ahead of the final nominations. 

• • It is the list of films that have been watched by the Academy members, and can be considered eligible to be qualified for nominations in various categories. 

• The List makes up the larger pool of films out of which the final nomination list emerges.
• However, being included in the Reminder List is no guarantee that a film will appear in the nominations, or even that it will get a leg-up in the process.

Eligibility criteria for Oscar consideration-

The Academy has very broad eligibility rules for movies to be considered for Oscars. To be eligible-

• A feature film must open in a commercial motion picture theatre in at least one of six U.S. metropolitan areas: Los Angeles County; the City of New York; the Bay Area; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; and Atlanta, Georgia.
• They must have screened between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 and complete a minimum qualifying run of seven consecutive days in the sane venue, and
• Feature films must have a running time of more than 40 minutes.

Other Indian titles are there on this 2023 list-

• There are RRR, Kantara, Gangubai Kathiawadi, and Pan Nalin’s Chhello Show (Last Film Show; Gujarati), which is India’s official Oscar entry in the category of Best International Feature Film.
• Also on the List are the Marathi titles Me Vasantrao and Tuzhya Sathi Kahi Hi, R Madhavan’s Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, Iravin Nizhal (Tamil), and Vikrant Rona (Kannada). 
• The Gray Man, an American action thriller that features Tamil actor Dhanush in a prominent role, has also made it to the Reminder List.

Have any Indian titles been shortlisted?

• Four tiles have made it to shortlists in four different categories. The shortlist is the stage before the nominations.
• Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes has been shortlisted in the Documentary Feature Film category. Kartiki Gonsalves’ The Elephant Whisperers is on the Documentary Short Film shortlist.
• Chhello Show (Last Film Show) is on the International Feature Film shortlist, and the ‘Naatu Naatu’ number from RRR is in the Music (Original Song) shortlist. 
• On January 10, the song won the Golden Globe for the Best Original Song for its composer MM Keeravani, along with singers Kaala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj.

Note: 

• The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association starting in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television.
• The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is normally held every January and has been a major part of the film industry’s awards season, which culminates each year in the Academy Awards, although the Golden Globes’. 
• The eligibility period for the Golden Globes corresponds to the calendar year (from January 1 through December 31).

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