Oscars 2022: Suriya starrer Jai Bhim snubbed, fans react after The Academy announces final nominees

Jai Bhim was one of the most popular and critically successful movies of 2021 in India. The tense courtroom drama which is based on true events focused on the illegal arrest and disappearance of a young tribal man.

Directed by T. J. Gnanavel, A scene from Jai Bhim was shown on The Academy's official Youtube channel in which the director explains the making of the movie.

This also meant that the movie had qualified for the Best Foreign Film category of the Academy Awards 2022 but unfortunately when the list of nominees was announced on Tuesday Jai Bhim did not make the cut.

The Best Foreign Film category of the Oscars is one of the toughest categories to crack as it includes entries from around the world. In fact, only three Indian movies have ever been nominated to the category which includes Mother India in 1957, Salaam Bombay! in 1988, and Lagaan in 2001.

Only five movies were nominated in the Best Foreign Film category this year they include ‘Drive My Car’ (Japan), ‘Flee’ (Denmark), ‘The Hand of God’ (Italy), ‘Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom’ (Bhutan) and ‘The Worst Person in the World’ (Norway).

Of course, fans of Jai Bhim were quick to express their disappointment on social media not seeing the name of the Suriya led film among the nominees. Checkout some of the reactions from fans -

Win Or Lose, #JaiBhim Made History!#JaiBhimWonHEARTS #Oscar #Oscars #OscarNoms @Suriya_offl #FilmyReact #SuriyaTwitterKing 👑 pic.twitter.com/zL5wR5WYic

— Nagen (Filmy React) (@iM_naGen) February 8, 2022

Tough luck team #JaiBhim, didn’t make it to the #Oscars

— Rajasekar (@sekartweets) February 8, 2022

Hard luck 💔#JaiBhimjoinsOSCARS #JaiBhim #Suriya @Suriya_offl @2D_ENTPVTLTD #OscarNoms #Oscars #TamilCinema #Indiancinema pic.twitter.com/4uWueNr6Sf

— Aasif Ibrahim (@thisis_asf) February 8, 2022

Jai Bhim out of Oscar race. But there's still good news for India, Rintu Thomas's "Writing with Fire" has got nominations for best documentary feature. #Oscars #JaiBhim #WritingWithFire pic.twitter.com/QwLcGCiIr0

— Tribal Army (@TribalArmy) February 8, 2022

#JaiBhim unfortunately MISSED #Oscars.#Oscar #Suriya #OscarNoms

— Manobala Vijayabalan (@ManobalaV) February 8, 2022

While it maybe out of the Oscar race, Jai Bhim is still a good movie and if you haven't seen it you can watch it on Amazon Prime