Wednesday 4 December 2013

Gujarati film 'The Good Road', and not 'The Lunchbox', India's entry for Oscar

  • Debut feature filmmaker Gyan Correa's Gujarati film "The Good Road" has been chosen to represent India in the best foreign film category at the Academy Awards.
  • It is said to be the first Gujarati film to have made it.
  • Movie produced by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).
  • Had clinched the National Award for Best Feature Film (Gujarati) earlier this year. 
  • The movie left behind 21 other contenders, including strong films like "The Lunchbox", "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag", "English Vinglish", "Vishwaroopam", Malayalam film "Celluloid" and Bengali film "Shabdo", he said.
  • So far in the history of Indian cinema, only three Bollywood films, including Mehboob Khan's "Mother India" (1957), Mira Nair's "Salaam Bombay" (1988) and Ashutosh Gowariker's "Lagaan" (2001), have made it to the nomination stage of the Oscar.

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