Bollywood and Oscars

Barfi and its nomination to the Oscars have been talk of Bollywood for the past few days. Questions were raised whether the movie is deserving enough to go to Oscars when compared to its competitors like Gangs of Wasseypur, Pan Singh Tomar and others.

 

But before we raise any doubts against Barfi, let us have a run through of how many movies and what were the movies which actually made it to the floors of Oscars.

 Lagaan: The 2001 release directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar rewrote the history with Lagaan. The movie was commercially and critically accepted by audience across the country. After its release, the movie proved to be a success on the international scale as well. Lagaan became the third ever movie to be selected for the Oscars from India

 Mother India- The 1957 movie directed by Mehoboob Khan was a path breaker. The movie swept away several awards including an International Award (Nargis Dutt became the first Indian to receive the Best Actress award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival).  The film was India's first submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1958 and was chosen as one of the five nominations for the category.

Salaam Bombay: After Mother India, we had to wait for 30 years to get another nomination in the Oscars. Salaam Bombay directed by Mira Nair is a master piece even today. After all New York Times listed the movie among the ‘The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made’.  Apart from the National accolades, the movie had also won international awards like the Golden Camera Award and the Audience Award of Cannes Film Festival.

Today, nearly after a decade, another of our own cinema has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

 

Barfi is a simple and light hearted movie which is highly appreciated by the critics. But when it comes to an Oscar, fingers are being raised against it.

When we look back, the movies which were selected for the Golden Man was either periodic or real life based.

 

Barfi had competitors like The Dirty Picture, Gangs of Wasseypur and Pan Singh Tomar which actually took away most of the credits from the audience and the critics equally. Also they are far more realistic when compared to Barfi. But could that be the only reason why Barfi should not get selected for the Oscars?

 

Well, looking at our history, more than criticizing the movie that got selected, it would be better we could rejoice the fact that a movie from India has finally made it to the Oscar floors nearly after a decade.  

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