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Jeans (Aishwarya Rai starrer) was India's official Oscar entry in 1998. 😆😆
What was the Film Federation thinking!
It was a standard love story with average acting.
Here are the other entries since 1990 (taken from Wikipedia).
All the other films were at least meaningful, if not masterpieces (Well, I've only watched the Hindi ones, so on that basis).
| 1990 (63rd) | Anjali | Anjali () | Tamil | Mani Ratnam | Not Nominated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 (64th) | Henna | Henna () | Hindi Urdu | Randhir Kapoor | Not Nominated |
| 1992 (65th) | Thevar Magan | Thevar Magan ( ) | Tamil | Bharathan | Not Nominated |
| 1993 (66th) | Rudaali | Rudaali () | Hindi | Kalpana Lajmi | Not Nominated |
| 1994 (67th) | Bandit Queen | Bandit Queen ( ) | Hindi | Shekhar Kapur | Not Nominated |
| 1995 (68th) | Kuruthipunal | Kuruthipunal () | Tamil | P.C. Sreeram | Not Nominated |
| 1996 (69th) | Indian | Indian () | Tamil | S. Shankar | Not Nominated |
| 1997 (70th) | Guru | Guru () | Malayalam | Rajiv Anchal | Not Nominated |
| 1998 (71st) | Jeans | Jeans () | Tamil | S. Shankar | Not Nominated |
| 1999 (72nd) | Earth | Earth () | Hindi | Deepa Mehta | Not Nominated |
| 2000 (73rd) | Hey Ram | Hey Ram ( ) | Tamil Hindi | Kamal Haasan | Not Nominated |
| 2001 (74th) | Lagaan | Lagaan () | Hindi English | Ashutosh Gowariker | Nominated[Note 3] |
| 2002 (75th) | Devdas | Devdas () | Hindi | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Not Nominated |
| 2004 (77th) | The Breath | Shwaas () | Marathi | Sandeep Sawant | Not Nominated |
| 2005 (78th) | Riddle | Paheli () | Hindi | Amol Palekar | Not Nominated[Note 4] |
| 2006 (79th) | Rang De Basanti | Rang De Basanti ( ) | Hindi | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Not Nominated[Note 5] |
| 2007 (80th) | Eklavya: The Royal Guard | Eklavya: The Royal Guard ( - ) | Hindi | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Not Nominated |
| 2008 (81st) | Taare Zameen Par | Taare Zameen Par ( ) | Hindi | Aamir Khan | Not Nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) | Harishchandra's Factory | Harishchandrachi Factory ( ) | Marathi | Paresh Mokashi | Not Nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) | Peepli Live | Peepli Live () | Hindi | Anusha Rizvi | Not Nominated |
| 2011 (84th) | Abu, Son of Adam | Adaminte Makan Abu ( ) | Malayalam | Salim Ahamed | Not Nominated |
| 2012 (85th) | Barfi! | Barfi! | Hindi | Anurag Basu | Not Nominated |
| 2013 (86th) | The Good Road | The Good Road | Gujarati | Gyan Correa | Not Nominated[19] |
| 2014 (87th) | Liar's Dice | Liar's Dice | Hindi | Geetu Mohandas |
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