Amitabh Bachchan , Rani Mukherji, Shahrukh Khan films for Golden Globe Awards

60 foreign films have qualified for the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, which precedes the Oscars, and the three Indian films nominated are “Black”, “Paheli” and “Veer-Zaara”, and who else but Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukerji star in all three films. Shahrukh Khan stars in two !!

Amol Palekar’s “Paheli”, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee has already been nominated as India’s entry to the Oscars. Shah Rukh also stars in Veer-Zaara , Yash Chopra’s romantic film, a love story which overrides the Indo-Pak border. The story of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Black’ is very touching. It is a story of a deaf and blind girl (played by Rani Mukherjee) and her mentor (played by Amitabh Bachchan).

Certainly it is a “tonic” for Amitabh Bachchan, who is bravely fighting the odds at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital after an major intestinal surgery on December, 1. It is certainly not an easy entry in the Golden Globe for the Indian films, Philip Berk, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, announced the other entries , notably, nine from Italy, five from Germany, one of which “Shadows of Time” has been co-produced with India, four from China .

For the prestigious Grammy awards 2005, 72-year-old playback legend Asha Bhonsle and Pandit Ravi Shankar’s two daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones have been nominated. Asha Bhonsle and Anoushka are nominated in the category of Best Contemporary World Music Album, while Norah Jones, Anoushka’s half sister, is in contention for the Best Pop Collaboration with vocals’ category for her song “Virginia Moon” from the album In Your Honour. Interestingly, Asha Bhosle has been nominated for the second time for an album in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet ” You’ve Stolen My Heart “, featuring songs from R.D.Burman’s collection.

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