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Guru: Before ‘Aadujeevitham – The Goat Life’, South Indian cinema demonstrated its strength in early 1997 when the Malayalam film ‘Guru’ received an Oscar nomination. ‘Guru’ is the first Malayalam film sent by India for Oscar. Directed by Rajiv Anchal, this 1997 fantasy drama stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Madhupal, Sithara, Kaveri, Srilakshmi, Nedumudi Venu and Sreenivasan in the lead roles. It was India’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category at that time.