Manish Vatssalya's film 'Scotland' in Oscars 2020
The prestigious Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, honors the best talent in films fraternity across the globe. Indian film Director Manish Vatssalya’s film 'Scotland' has found a place in the Oscar contenders for 2020 in the best feature film category. Scotland is in the race as one of the Oscar contenders in most prestigious 'Best Feature Film' category with other Hollywood biggies. The film has already won 62 International awards and is still counting.
Manish Vatssalya's Scotland is a crime thriller. Based on some very real incidents happening across the country where girls are being raped and murdered mercilessly. This film is vigilante and it tries to search for a solution. In this film, a father of rape victim takes law and orders in his hand to justice.
The film 'Scotland' features Adam Saini, Khushboo Purohit, Manish Vatssalya, Chetan Pandit and Daya Shankar Pandey in the prominent roles, along with Aakash Dagar, Amin Gazi, Samar Katyaan, Shahbaz Khan, Sanjeev Jha, Brajesh Jha, Savi Sidhu, Rajeev Rana, Rajesh Bakshi, Nilesh Malviya, Anuj Sharma, Girish Pal, C P Thakur, Hema Kanoi, Kashish Rai, Sonu Chourasia, Kratika Singh Rajput and Anupam Apoorw. Ex Scottish cop Debutant Adam Saini has already won 7 best actor awards in various international film festivals for SCOTLAND.
Scotland is produced by Zaina Ibourak (British Moroccan) and Manish Vatssalya under the banner of Mars UK Films Ltd & Vatssalya Films. The film story is by Adam Saini and screenplay along with dialogues are written by Piyush Priyank. The film is edited by Mansoor Azmi.
During an exclusive talk about the film being part of Oscars, Manish Vatssalya said, “It’s like a dreams come true to be a part of such a prestigious platform like Oscars. It's like daydreaming. I am really honored to God, my producer and partner Zaina Ibourak and my whole team for their commendable job and support. 'SCOTLAND' has been shortlisted as one of the Oscar contenders in the mainstream 'Best Feature Film' category, which means it will be competing with the Hollywood biggies like Joker, The Irishman, Once upon a time in Hollywood, etc. to find a space for itself on this extraordinary stage.”
