Munnabhai goes to the Oscars on his own
Kunal M Shah
In a recent development, director Vidhu Vinod Chopra has decided to send his film Lage Raho Munnabhai as a separate entry in the Best Picture category to the Oscars. The director says, "An astounding number of fan-mails that we have received worldwide have inspired us to go ahead with sending the film across to the Academy as an independent entry. Many people feel that Lage Raho Munnabhai should be one of the films at the Oscars. I loved RDB and I am absolutely okay with the fact that it will represent India in the foreign film category."
Can individual entries go to the Oscars at will? Chopra says, "Any film that is released in USA can do so."
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