indias official entry to the oscars koozhangal directed by ps vinothraj has bagged it first major nomination on the awards circuit in the run up the the academy awards the nayanthara and vignesh shivanbacked drama has been nominated under the best international film category at the 37th film independent spirit awards a major award event that honours independent films koozhangal or pebblesas it is known internationally finds itself among an elite crop of movies that have made it to the shortlistread alsokoozhangal was an honest attempt at filmmaking nayantharafor the first time the lady superstar has spoken about why she and vignesh shivan decided to back the oscar contenderthe films of heavyweight filmmakers like pedro almodvar and cline sciamma figure among the six films that have been nominated under the best international film category the other contenders include pedro almodvar parallel mothers spain cline sciamma petite maman france juho kuosmanen compartment no 6 finlandrussia ryusuke hamaguchi drive my car japan and tatiana huezo prayers for the stolen mexicothe film independent spirit awards which were first launched in 1984 is among the most respected award show in the us it takes place a day before the oscars and the upcoming edition will take place on march 7 2022 koozhangal which is based on the relationship between an alcoholic father and his son follows their journey together to bring back the wifemother who has gone off to her fathers house it is based on a real incident that took place in director vinothrajs family inspiring him to spin it into a story for his debut film the film has already won the prestigious tiger award at the 50th international film festival rotterdam held in the netherlands earlier this year the film has music by yuvan shankar rajathe koozhangal team has begun its oscar campaign by promoting the film in hollywood the team has been speaking to hollywood publications and entertainment websites sharing the origins of the film and what it means for them to have been selected as indias official oscar entry