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Posted: 10 years ago
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oscars are santa banta joke now😆
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Posted: 10 years ago
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because the judges wore jeans on the D day 🤣
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Big deal...send any movie, kya farq padta hai? 😆
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Originally posted by: krackjack

Big deal...send any movie, kya farq padta hai? 😆

krack jack biscuits ki yaad aa gayi; bachpan ki 😛
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Originally posted by: Franco

Well, apparently the idea behind sending Jeans was that the producers was American born Indian...Ashok Amritraj and his American partner, Michael Soloman. And hence, the committee that decides which film will go to the Oscars reasonsed that since the producers are 'American', the film stood a high chance of winning an award!😆

I am not kidding...this was the actual response when media and other noted personalities questioned the Committee in India on why such a mediocre, pathetic and completely brainless film (anyone who has seen that film will vouch that its a terrible movie in every aspect) was sent as India's entry to the Oscars.
All the more bewildering, because it was released the same year, as Sathya, 1947 Earth, Dil Se, Train to Pakistan, Hazar Chaurasi Ki Maa, Dahan ect (and I am not even counting some of the brilliant regional films that released the same year)...even Kuch Kuch Hota Hai films that truly were masterpieces and would have atleast made India proud in some way, had they been even sent for the Oscars!
But no...we send a film like Jeans!😕


That has got to be the dumbest reason ever. 😆
Can't believe they really thought something like that would be of help.
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Originally posted by: mahatma123

krack jack biscuits ki yaad aa gayi; bachpan ki 😛


50-50 biscuits were a copy of KrackJack. 😆
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Jeans was a very very mediocre movie.. It is only because of the heavenly music it became such a hit. People everywhere spoke about the songs or Aishwarya when it was released... Divinity flowed through AR Rahman during that period ❤️
Anyway, the movie nominations and all have deeper politics that are unknown to us.
Like Mario Puzo showed in his book The Godfather, I think Academy awards are guided by politics, money.
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Posted: 10 years ago
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i haven't seen jeans but how the hell barfi was sent to the oscars it was a good film but it was a plagiarised film as a result not a good candidate to make it to the last 5
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Posted: 10 years ago
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May be like our award are sponsor by paan masala, that year oscar award was sponsored by levies Jens.

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