| Will SRK-Rani combine charm the Oscars? As the Academy Awards nominations are announced today, all eyes in India are on Paheli, the country's solo entry in the Foreign Film category. (TNN) MUMBAI: As the nominations for the 78 th Academy Awards are going to be announced today, all eyes in India are on the country's entry ' Paheli' in the Foreign Film category. Produced by superstar Shahrukh Khan, ' Paheli' is based on renowned Rajasthani author Vijaydan Detha's story of a woman who falls in love with a ghost and the tricky moral issues that the villagers face when her husband returns after many years. Directed by Amol Palekar, the movie stars Shahrukh himself and Rani Mukherjee. The film will compete with 59 other entries in the Best Foreign Language Film category, and if it does garner a nomination, it will be the fourth Indian film to do so, after ' Salaam Bombay' , ' Mother India' and recent ' Lagaan' . However, no Indian film has managed to get an Oscar so far. |
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