Rarely have Indian films made the final round of the Oscars, let alone win the award, though Indian director Satyajit Ray, renowned for his art-house films, was bestowed the Lifetime Achievement award in 1992.
"It was an honour for Rang De Basanti to compete with some great international films that are up for the running at the Oscars this year," UTV, an entertainment company, which produced the film, said in a statement. "The biggest reward has been the impact the movie has had on the youth of India and elsewhere." The film tells the story of five happy-go-lucky youngsters whose world is torn apart after one of them, an air force pilot, is killed in an aircrash and the government blames him for the accident. The youngsters then expose the crash as the result of faulty machinery and assassinate the defence minister and a corrupt arms supplier before they are themselves killed by security forces. Starring Bollywood heartthrob Aamir Khan, this was Khan's second film to make it as India's entry to the Oscars in the best foreign film category after "Lagaan" (Land Tax), which entered the final round in 2002 but eventually lost. The film also stars Alice Patten, daughter of Britain's last governor in Hong Kong, Chris Patten.Bollywood is the world's largest film industry by volumes and ticket sales, but accounts for only about one percent of the global cinema revenues.
i think this is a shame, i was looking forward for this film to be it and having won an OSCAR that wudv been cool đ
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