Hype time for India’s Oscar entry again !

So its Oscar time again ! And media all over India is going ga-ga over India’s oscar entry. What is the big deal .. every year every country can send in one entry and India has been sending its entry all these years. So why all the hype ?

Since Laagan was nominated few years back, it has become a prestige issue for the Bollywood filmmakers to get selected as India’s entry for the Oscar. Getting an Indian movie award is no more a big deal as there are atleast 10 different awards and if you make a decent movie, you get nominated. Almost all Bollywood actor and actresses have won an Indian award .. it be the Filmfare or a Stardust. So for Oscars, atleast a nomination is a big deal !! Aamir Khan went the farthest in this quest with the Lagaan nomination. Aamir Khan never believed in Indian awards but he values an Oscar nomination. Last year we saw the Shahrukh Khan heavy Paheli winning the Indian bid for no rhyme or reason over the much deserving “Black”

But atleast this year the right movie has been chosen. Rang De Basanti is a refreshingly different movie and well done. So lets wait to see if RDB wins a nomination to the Best Foreign Language Oscar. Because till now all that happened was the movie was just selected to represent India. Its good news for the Rang De Basanti team but thats no news for Bollywood as one or the other movie will anyway get selected. The race begins now and we hope Rang De Basanti win a nomination. Lage Raho Munnabhai was not selected and Vidhu Vinod Chopra has announced it will compete for an Oscar nomination as an independent entry. But with Water already Canada’s official entry and Rang De Basanti in as India’s and with Lage Raho trying to get in, India movie makers have a good shot at the Oscar nominations. Well see you till one of these wins a nomination, if not, then till the year when one more movie will be selected as India’s official entry.

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