India, Nov. 12 -- National Award-winning filmmaker Vinod Kapri has submitted his independent film Pyre through the independent route for consideration in the General Entry categories of the 99th Academy Awards, he said in a recent interaction. Kapri confirmed the submission and said he chose the independent route because he believes independent cinema should compete on its own merit.
Submission and director’s remarks
Kapri told India Today that Pyre was made independently and that he did not expect the film to resonate as widely as it did.
He said: “We made Pyre independently, with complete faith in the story and the people who brought it to life. We never imagined that two ordinary people from a small Himalayan village would touch so ma...