Foreign National In Bollywood Film

A case was registered against 17 foreign nationals, including 10 women, after they were found taking part in a Bollywood film shoot in suburban Dahisar without a work visa, a Mumbai Police officialsaid.

Lagaan: The film was nominated under the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 2002 and won 8 National Film Awards back home

"Why should we be so worried about the Oscars and why do we want an acknowledgment from foreign (film industry)? Why is that? Do they ever say that they need a National Award," Mr Bhansali said. Mr Bhansali's Devdas was India's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars in 2003

Gujarati film The Good Road, India's official entry in the foreign language film category at the 86th Academy Awards, will be screened at Harvard University's Cambridge campus in Massachusetts, US.

Pakistan's entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category, Zinda Bhaag, ironically has an India connect - and in more than one way. The neighbouring country's Oscar entry - its first after 50 years - couldn't after all do without drawing on Indian expertise to make a mark.

A case was registered against 17 foreign nationals, including 10 women, after they were found taking part in a Bollywood film shoot in suburban Dahisar without a work visa, a Mumbai Police officialsaid.

Lagaan: The film was nominated under the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 2002 and won 8 National Film Awards back home

"Why should we be so worried about the Oscars and why do we want an acknowledgment from foreign (film industry)? Why is that? Do they ever say that they need a National Award," Mr Bhansali said. Mr Bhansali's Devdas was India's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars in 2003

Gujarati film The Good Road, India's official entry in the foreign language film category at the 86th Academy Awards, will be screened at Harvard University's Cambridge campus in Massachusetts, US.

Pakistan's entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category, Zinda Bhaag, ironically has an India connect - and in more than one way. The neighbouring country's Oscar entry - its first after 50 years - couldn't after all do without drawing on Indian expertise to make a mark.