MUMBAI,Jan19,2012: India's decade long struggle to make it to the Oscar has been shattered again.
Our national award winning Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu has failed to make it to the first shortlist of Oscar's foreign language category. The film that deals with the struggle of a poor perfume seller to collect money for Haj, could not find a place in the top nine films that passed the first round of selection.
Some of the films shortlisted include: Belgium:, "Bullhead," Michael R Roskam, director Canada: "Monsieur Lazhar," Philippe Falardeau, director Denmark: "Superclasico," Ole Christian Madsen, director Germany: "Pina," Wim Wenders, director Iran: "A Separation," Asghar Farhadi, director Israel: "Footnote," Joseph Cedar, director Morocco: "Omar Killed Me," Roschdy Zem, director Poland: "In Darkness," Agnieszka Holland, director Taiwan: "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," Wei Te-sheng, director
Our national award winning Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu has failed to make it to the first shortlist of Oscar's foreign language category. The film that deals with the struggle of a poor perfume seller to collect money for Haj, could not find a place in the top nine films that passed the first round of selection.
Some of the films shortlisted include: Belgium:, "Bullhead," Michael R Roskam, director Canada: "Monsieur Lazhar," Philippe Falardeau, director Denmark: "Superclasico," Ole Christian Madsen, director Germany: "Pina," Wim Wenders, director Iran: "A Separation," Asghar Farhadi, director Israel: "Footnote," Joseph Cedar, director Morocco: "Omar Killed Me," Roschdy Zem, director Poland: "In Darkness," Agnieszka Holland, director Taiwan: "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," Wei Te-sheng, director