Canadian filmmaker Nisha Pahuja’s ‘To Kill a Tiger’ nominated for Oscar 2024
The documentary is about an Indian farmer's legal battle for his daughter after a brutal sexual assault
Canadian filmmaker Nisha Pahuja’s ‘To Kill a Tiger’ nominated for Oscar 2024
Toronto: Delhi-born Nisha Pahuja’s film ‘To Kill a Tiger’ has been nominated in the best feature documentary category for the Oscars 2024. She said she learned about the honour along with the rest of the world while watching the live announcement, reported The Hollywood Reporter.
“I was in shock. I couldn’t believe it. I was over the moon. Yeah, I just couldn’t believe it,” Pahuja told The Hollywood Reporter about her emotional reaction. “This film has work to do in the world,” said Nisha about her documentary about an Indian farmer’s legal battle for his daughter after a brutal sexual assault.
Indian-born Canadian filmmaker Pahuja’s previous films include the Emmy-nominated ‘The World Before Her’, the feature documentary ‘Bollywood Bound’ and the three-part series ‘Diamond Road’.
‘To Kill a Tiger’ is all about Ranjit, a farmer in Jharkhand, India, who takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, Kiran, after she survived a sexual assault by three men in 2017.
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