“Prima facie, there seems to be a bias in the selection”, said a division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud, while hearing a petition challenging the selection of Eklavya.
The bench asked the Film Federation of India to file a reply within ten days and warned that the consequences of the film’s section would be subject to court order. The bench posted the matter to October 10 for further hearing.
The petition was filed by director of film ‘Dharm’ Bhavana Talwar challenging the selection of “Eklavya” as India’s official entry for the Academy Awards (Oscars).

Talwar contented that the selection was biased as few from the selection committee were “very close” to Chopra, director of Eklavya.