Before flying out of the country to begin the final leg of campaigning ahead of the big Oscar night, Guneet sat down for a telephonic chat with ETimes where she opened up about her Oscar nomination. Monga said, “I remember I landed on 21st December for my honeymoon and that was when I was shortlisted. I wanted to skip the honeymoon and run away to LA to campaign.” shortlist.
Guneet said the start of her Oscar run and married life with husband Sunny Kapoor has been wonderful. She revealed, “I was working all night, even during the honeymoon, trying to do an expedition, so he’s been very helpful. We canceled some of those guided tours.” . We were just like, ‘We’re not going.’ On either of those, there’s a lot of work to do.'”
He said, “Campaigning is a lot of work and I’m so humbled and grateful for everything and so grateful to have had such a lovely supportive partner. It means a lot and I think I’ve prayed for this all my life. Is.” Everything is still sinking in. The universe has been kind.”
Guneet married Sunny on 12 December in an intimate ceremony. She announced the good news in a post which read, “With the unconditional love and blessings of our Guruji, elders, friends and family, we resolved to start our forever from today.”
At a time when all bets were on SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ and Pan Nalin’s ‘Last Film Show’ to score big. academic awardAlong with Shaunak Sen’s ‘All That Breathes’, Guneet emerged as a dark horse in the backed documentary race. When asked about the support she has received from people in the film industry, Guneet said, “Many people called. From Mr Rahman to Karan Johar, everyone texted, called and got in touch. Getting love and support from the industry are amazing.”
While this is Guneet’s first nomination, it is not her first run at the Oscars. “My film – Period. End of Sentence – has won an Oscar before, but this is the first time I’ve been nominated for it. So, if we win this time, I’ll have my own trophy,” she she explains and admits, “I’m very nervous.”
When asked if we should keep our eyes peeled for her on the red carpet at the 95th Academy Awards, she said, “Of course! I’m going next week and I’ll be there for the whole month campaigning. I’ll be there pretty much.” Will be posted.” ,
With one Oscar to her name and another within arm’s reach, we asked Monga what she looks for in a movie and whether there’s a winning formula at the Academy Awards. “There’s no winning formula. I just go by instinct,” she said, and explained, “It’s such an incredible story that Kartiki Gonsalves, who’s my director, discovered. He then used elephants, Shooted with Boman and Bailey, reached out to them, worked with them, and befriended Raghu. Then he made a pitch trailer and reached out to Netflix with it. Then Netflix reached out to me.
“First of all, who can say no to Baby Elephant? It’s such an understated, spiritual story. I honestly feel like Raghu and Ammu have chosen to tell us their story, which I’m so happy to be a part of.” ” He said.
Talking about Karthik, who is making his directorial debut with this documentary, she says, “When I met Karthik, it was an amazing, pure vision of a storyteller because this is his first project. Just wanted to be on this journey with him.” And make sure he has the best experience. We both had the best time working together.”
“Collaborating with Netflix has been wonderful. Working with them feels like putting a billboard on the moon, because we are in 190 countries, with Oscar nominations, 223 million viewers who can experience the film and we are getting “So, this has been my journey,” concluded Guneet.
The 41-minute documentary that shares an orphaned elephant, Boman and Bailey, with a South Indian couple, Raghu, ‘Hallout’, ‘How Do You Measure a Year?’, will be up against ‘The Martha Mitchell Effect’. and ‘Stranger at the Gate’. With the buzz around the film, and many predicting its win, we asked Guneet if she has already started writing her winning speech. She tells us, “No, not really, but I’ll get down to Los Angeles to talk about it. There’s so much to do in India right now.”
The Academy Awards will be held on March 13 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.