New Delhi: After Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt starrer Gully Boy made it to to the 92nd Oscar Awards as India's official entry, many Bollywood celebs extended their heartfelt wishes for the entire team.
Filmmaker Karan Johar couldn't contain his happiness over the film's selection in the Oscars 2020 as he tweeted, "My absolute favourite film of the year is the official Indian entry for the OSCARS!!!! #GullyBoy all the way! Zoya Akhtar is my favourite Indian filmmaker! Well done boys @FarOutAkhtar @ritesh_sid get the gold statue home!!! So excited !! Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh and the team!"
Taking to his Instagram story, actor Anil Kapoor congratulated the entire team for the feat. "Congratulations Zoya Akhtar and team Gully Boy. This is just incredible!!" he wrote.
Expressing her excitement, Dia Mirza wrote, "This is so awesome!!! Congratulations team Gully Boy. Go get that Oscar."
Reposting Farhan Akhtar's tweet, Swara Bhaskar too congratulated the team with the caption, "Wooooohoooooo!!! Congratulations to Team #GullyBoy."
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Dhadak filmmaker Shashank Khaitan considered the film as the right choice for the Oscars. "Wow wow wow... absolutely the right choice... #apnaoscaraayega ... all the best team #GullyBoy," he wrote while reposting the tweet by Ranveer.
Apart from Alia and Ranveer, Gully Boy also featured Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Vijay Raaz in pivotal roles.
Other than India's official entry for Oscars, Gully Boy has received several accolades including the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, South Korea and Best Film at the Indian Festival of Melbourne in August this year.
Helmed by Zoya Akhtar, Gully Boy drew inspiration from the lives of Mumbai street rappers Vivian Fernandes aka Divine and Naved Shaikh aka Naezy.
