'Maharaja' to 'Thangalaan': Here's the list of Tamil films that participated in the Oscars 2025 race

India's selection for the Oscars each year, particularly in the Best International Feature Film category, garners significant attention. The list of Indian movies for Oscars 2025 was announced by Film Federation of India. While 'Laapataa Ladies' from Bollywood has been officially selected as India's official entry to Oscars 2025, a list of 29 films from India were initially selected for Oscars 2025. Tamil films namely, 'Thangalaan', 'Maharaja', 'Kottukkaali', 'Vaazhai', 'Jigarthanda DoubleX', and 'Jama' were that have been chosen to be submitted for Oscars 2025. But they lost to Kiran Rao's directorial 'Laapataa Ladies' in the race for India's official selection, while the rejection of Vijay Sethupathi's 'Maharaja' hurts the Kollywood audience more. Netizens share their concern on social media. Kollywood fans have been expressing their disappointment over the absence of a Tamil film in the Oscar selection for 2025, but they didn’t miss the opportunity to congratulate Laapataa Ladies for being chosenJude Anthany Joseph's Malayalam film '2018' was India's Official selection to Oscars 2024, but the Tovino Thomas starrer failed to make it to the final nomination. 'Pebbles', 'Visaranai', 'Hey Ram', 'Jeans, 'Indian', and 'Kuruthipunal' were the Tamil films that were selected for the Oscars earlier.