Prolific, movie-crazed nation but to win gold statuette in movie classes at Oscars
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India could churn out round 2,000 films per 12 months, however it’s but to win a golden statuette within the coveted movie classes on the Oscars.
The South Asian nation’s Oscar journey began in 1957, with “Mom India” narrowly dropping the Academy Award for Greatest Overseas Language Movie by a single vote to Federico Fellini’s “Nights of Cabiria”.
Within the a long time since, solely two different Indian entries “Salaam Bombay!” and “Lagaan” have made it into the ultimate nominations for the highest movie classes.
This 12 months, regardless of securing a spot within the 15-film shortlist for the Worldwide Function Movie on the 98th Academy Awards, Neeraj Ghaywan’s “Homebound” didn’t make the ultimate 5.
“There have been different equally good movies in competitors,” acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur advised AFP reflecting on the movie’s ouster.
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However whereas the marquee awards have been considerably out of attain, India has managed to take dwelling some accolades on the annual star studded occasion hosted in California.
In 1992, legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray obtained an Honorary Academy Award.
Kapur secured seven Oscar nominations in 1999 for his movie “Elizabeth” — in principally technical classes.
Latest triumphs for India embody “RRR” which gained the Greatest Unique Music and “The Elephant Whisperers” that took Greatest Documentary Brief in 2023.
And music composer A.R. Rahman gained two Oscars for Greatest Unique Rating and Greatest Unique Music (“Jai Ho”) for “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008). Resul Pookutty gained Greatest Sound Mixing for a similar movie.
Many within the trade say the issue goes beyong the movies themselves.
Kapur mentioned that Indian movies falter on the Oscars due to “cultural rooting” and a slant in direction of a industrial formulation which incorporates high-budget track and dance numbers that may typically eclipse storyline.
