India’s hope for Oscar in the foreign language category sank today when Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its shortlist of nine films. Anurag Basu’s “Barfi!” hasn’t found a place in the list. No film from Asia has made to the shortlist. Here is the list of nine films in the race for [...]
Indian composer A.R. Rahman is in the Oscar race once again for the original score at the 85thAcademy Awards. His composition for the film “”People Like Us” has found place in the long list of 104 composers vying for the nominations. Rahman composed for the Alex Kurtzman directed “People Like Us” starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth [...]
Indian Oscar entry Anurag Basu’s “Barfi” will have to compete with 64 films from around the world. Barfi’s chance will be sealed on January 24th 2013 when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the five nominees. The deadline for submission of entries for the foreign language category got over yesterday on October [...]
While the director Anurag Basu expects his fans to pray for Barfi’s success at the coveted Oscars (He tweeted, “”Thank you (very) much!!! ‘Lekin abhi Delhi door hai!!’ Pray for us!!”), cyberspace is abuzz with the debate whether Basu’s obvious inspiration crosses the dotted lines of plagiarism. Sources tell us that the selection of Barfi [...]
Vicky Donor director Shoojit Sircar is unhappy with his producer Eros International for not sending his film to the selection committee for Indian entry to the Oscars. In a statement issued to the press today, he has said, “I was in complete shock when the Jury told us that they have not received the film [...]
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” could emerge as the surprise winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture for 2012, search engine giant Google predicts in a blogpost on its official blog. However, Google feels that “The Artist” or “Midnight in Paris” has the best chances. Google’s Oscar predictions are backed by analysis of search [...]
Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu directed by Salim Ahamed, India’s official entry to the Oscars couldn’t make it to the shortlist of nominations for the 84th Academy awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the final nine contenders for the foreign language category from the 63 foreign-language films that initially qualified. Belgium, [...]
Three songs from the India-UAE co-production Dam999 have made it to the long-list of nominations for the Original Song category for the 84th Academy Awards. The songs are: “Dakkanaga Dugu Dugu”, “DAM999 Theme Song” and “Mujhe Chodh Ke”. Written and directed by Sohan Roy, the 3-D film was released in theatres on November 25, 2011 [...]
National award-winning Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu has been nominated as India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Film category at the 84th Academy Awards. The film had won four national awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematographer and Best Background Score. The film stars Salim Kumar and Zarina Wahab. It will be screened [...]
The King’s Speech ruled the 83rd Academy Awards. It won the Best Picture and the Best Original Screenplay, while Tom Hooper won the Best Director. Colin Firth bagged the Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role for the same film. In a Better World from Denmark won the Best Foreign Language Film. AR Rahman who [...]
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