<page_title> Malayalam cinema </page_title> <section_title> Landmark films </section_title> <table> <cell> 1997 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Guru <col_header> Title </col_header> </cell> <cell> Rajiv Anchal <col_header> Director </col_header> </cell> <cell> First Malayalam film to be submitted as India's official entry to the Oscars to be considered for nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category in 1997. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Guru (1997), directed by Rajiv Anchal, was chosen as India's official entry to the Oscars to be considered for nomination in the Best Foreign Film category for that year, making it the first film in Malayalam to be chosen for Oscar nomination.