New Delhi: Rupesh Paul's 'Kamasutra 3D' makes an entry in the contention list of the 86th Academy Awards, with selection in three categories - Best Motion Picture, Original Score and Original Song with 5 songs. It is the only movie from India contending in the music category. The results were announced on December 16, 2013 by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on its official website.
'Kamasutra 3D' also features Sherlyn Chopra in an important role.
'Kamasutra 3D' is the only movie with 5 songs after 'The Great Gatsby' to be selected in the Original Song category. The songs include - Aygiri Nandini, Saawariya, I Felt, Of Soil and Har Har Mahadeva - composed by Chennai based music directors, Sachin and Sreejith while its lyrics are penned by Rupesh Paul and Pratyush Prakash.
The film will fight in three categories, Best Motion Picture, Original Score and Original Song.
Scripted and penned by Rupesh Paul, the movie is set in the backdrop of the real historical milieu portraying the journey of a soulful love embodied with betrayal and war. It weaves the transformative changes in body, mind and soul by the forbidden world of sexual love and sensuality.
Speaking on the Oscar entry, Paul stated, "Probably now we have an answer for all of them who claimed the movie to be a soft po*n. Hopefully, they know that soft po*ns are not eligible for the Academy Award nominations". He also claimed that he would like to genre his movie as musical than epic or erotica as he assures that 'Kamasutra 3D' is influenced with its melody over the drama.
Milind Gunaji, who is playing a pivotal character in the film, said, "When Rupesh Paul gave me the news for nomination I was very very happy. From the beginning I knew that this film will be big, so I was not highly surprised. It's an honor for me to be part of such a prestigious project. When I was narrated the story, I had immediately said yes, so beautiful and powerful was the character. Although the name suggests erotica but its subject is way beyond that. My character of 'Raja' is very powerful and well learned man. He is envied and feared by other smaller kings. Now hoping and waiting for winning the laurels."
You can watch the trailer here (Viewer discretion advised).
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