Barfi Out of Oscar Race

Barfi is Out of the Oscar race . A press announcement on Friday only nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the foreign film category for the 85th Academy awards our of the 75 orginally qualified in the category. The Film Federation of India faced flak for choosing Barfi over films like Paan Singh Tomar and Kahani . Trade pundits and critics alleged that Barfi was an inspired film while some of the other films sent to FFI were original content. The films that move on to the next phase in foreign film category are Michael Haneke's Amour from Austria, Kim Nguyen's War Witch from Canada, A Royal Affair from Denmark,The Untouchables from France, Iceland's The Deep, Norway's Kon Tiki , Romania's Beyond The Hills and Switzerland's Sister directed by Ursula Meie

Bollywood will never win an Oscar! 😡

not surprised at all. the day bollywood has galls to send movies like dor, udaan, ...that will be the day we might get some surprises from oscars.

its still one of the best films this year 👏

I have never even heard of War Witch. I feel like a failed Canadian. 😆

Housefull 2 should have been sent instead

Originally posted by: Kal El

Housefull 2 should have been sent instead

What did they expect with a plagiarised film 😆

Originally posted by: HotMess

I have never even heard of War Witch. I feel like a failed Canadian. 😆

Anyway, this was expected. I loved Barfi, but I don't think it was the best choice, especially due to the few "inspired" scenes. Better luck next time! :)

Originally posted by: _NaughtyBoy_

What did they expect with a plagiarised film 😆