Iranian Film Wins Oscar

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad today appealed to Oscar winning composer AR Rahman to re-convert to Hinduism, saying it was time for his "ghar-wapsi" after the controversy surrounding the film on Prophet Muhammad which invited a fatwa against him.

Oscar winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's The Past drew a keen audience, which remained glued to their seats till almost 11 pm on Monday and stood in unison to applaud the director's vision behind the film, screened at the Mumbai Film Festival.

Iran trumpeted the Islamic Republic's first foreign film Oscar win Monday as a triumph over arch foe Israel - even as audiences in Israel packed theatres to watch the movie that beat their country's entry at the Academy Awards.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad today appealed to Oscar winning composer AR Rahman to re-convert to Hinduism, saying it was time for his "ghar-wapsi" after the controversy surrounding the film on Prophet Muhammad which invited a fatwa against him.

Oscar winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's The Past drew a keen audience, which remained glued to their seats till almost 11 pm on Monday and stood in unison to applaud the director's vision behind the film, screened at the Mumbai Film Festival.

Iran trumpeted the Islamic Republic's first foreign film Oscar win Monday as a triumph over arch foe Israel - even as audiences in Israel packed theatres to watch the movie that beat their country's entry at the Academy Awards.