We've Got Hollywood Covered How India Whipped Up the Year’s Wildest, Craziest Oscar Entry With ‘Jallikattu’ TheWrap magazine: “I wanted you to compare the film to what the world actually is,” says director Lijo Jose Pellisserry of his film that descends in rampaging chaos By Steve Pond | January 21, 2021 @ 12:30 PM Last Updated: January 22, 2021 @ 11:57 AM A version of this story about “Jallikattu” first appeared in the International Film Issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. In a field of Best International Feature Film submissions that includes a handful of horror movies, some excruciatingly drawn-out art films and at least one severed hand bobbing in a cooking pot, India probably has the wildest, craziest film of all in Lijo Jose Pellissery’s “Jallikattu.”