India will send Hindi-language road film Liar's Dice to the Oscars next year, the Film Federation of India (FFI) announced today. Liar's Dice, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Geetanjali Thapa, tells the story of a young mother who takes her daughter (and a pet goat) to Delhi in search of her missing husband. The film won two National Awards this year - Best Actress for Geetanjali Thapa and Best Cinematography.
This year, it was a 30-way race to the Oscars. Liar's Dice was picked from a record number of films submitted, including Kangana Ranaut's Queen, Rajkummar Rao's National Award-winning Shahid, Riteish Deshmukh-produced Marathi film Yellow and Bengali film Jaatishwar starring Prosenjit.
Last year, the selection of little known Gujarati film The Good Road over festival favourite The Lunchbox as India's Oscar entry was met with a fair amount of criticism. In the end, The Good Road did not make it to the final five nominees in the Best Foreign Film category.
Four Indians have won individual Oscars - Bhanu Athaiya, Best Costume Design for Gandhi; Resul Pookutty, Best Sound Mixing for Slumdog Millionaire; A R Rahman, Best Original Score for Slumdog Milllionaire; and A R Rahman and Gulzar, Best Original Song for Slumdog's Jai Ho.
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