The Lunchbox out of oscar race ANURAG KARAN cry FOUL

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Karan Johar: Shocked that The Lunchboxdidn't make it to the Oscars

Indo-Asian News Service | September 22, 2013 12:12 IST (Mumbai)
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Karan Johar: Shocked that The Lunchbox didn't make it to the Oscars
Filmmaker Karan Johar, who has presented The Lunchbox, is shocked that the movie, which had "every factor working in its favour", was not chosen as India's representative to compete for the best foreign film category at the Oscars.

"Really shocked and dissapointed...The Lunchbox had every factor working in its favour. We may have just lost our golden chance... SAD," Karan posted on Twitter.

His tweet came in soon after it was announced Saturday evening that National Award winning Gujarati film The Good Road has been shortlisted as India's entry for the best foreign film category at the Academy Awards in 2014.

The Lunchbox is a simple understated love story about two strangers who exchange notes about life via a lunchbox. The movie was one of the strongest contenders, admitted filmmaker Goutam Ghose, who chaired the 16-member committee formed by the Film Federation of India to choose an appropriate movie.

"It was a unanimous decision to go with The Good Road," he said.

Earlier Saturday, acclaimed writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar had shared on Twitter that The Lunchbox is "one of the finest films Indian has ever produced".

"If sent, undoubtedly it will bring an Oscar for the country," he had posted.

The film's producer Anurag Kashyap has also expressed disappointment with the decision to oust the movie out of the Oscar race.

Starring Irrfan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Nimrat Kaur, the film is directed by debutant Ritesh Batra. It released on Friday.

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Posted: 11 years ago
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Feeling very, very disappointed, tweets an angry Anurag Kashyap as The Lunchbox loses Oscar chance

Saturday, Sep 21, 2013, 19:00 IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI
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The Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra and producer Anurag Kashyap have lashed out at the selection committee for choosing Gujarati filmThe Good Road over their movie as India's official entry for the Oscars next year.

Kashyap, who has produced the film with Guneet Monga, said he is disappointed because The Lunchboxhad a good chance of making it to the final five in the Best Foreign Film category.

"Feeling very, very disappointed, can't comment on the film I have not seen, but it better make it to final five... I hope and pray I am wrong and it actually is a film that knocks the socks off everyone" Kashyap posted on twitter, within minutes after Gyan Correa's film was announced as the official entry.

"First time and I really mean it, first time I really was excited because first time we knew we had a chance, first time I was waiting for it. I don't know who the federation is but it goes to show, why we completely lack the understanding to make films that can travel across borders," Kashyap said.

Batra blamed the Film Federation of India-appointed committee, which was headed by Bengali filmmaker Goutam Ghose this year, for a lack of understanding.

"Congrats to The Good Road, hope it makes it all the way, else it will be a lost chance by FFI appointed jury that lacks vision. Hope I am wrong," Batra added.

Director-producer Karan Johar, who turned presenter for The Lunchbox, echoed Kashyap and Batra.

"Really shocked and disappointed. The Lunchbox had every factor working in its favour, we may have just lost our golden chance. Sad," Johar tweeted.

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Posted: 11 years ago
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A industry which has hardly ever produced an Oscar worthy film seems SO confident that The Lunchbox would have won an Oscar. Presumptuous much?
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@Shreya I think their confidence comes from the fact that it has a stellar cast which always uplifts even a mediocre script.


Also this movie won the TIFF award for critics choice in the category of best film in foreign language. That is a huge deal cz usually the movie that's picked at TIFF always has more chance of winning an Oscar.

Like best film at TIFF is chosen to be '12 years a slave' and everyone is already predicting for it to be getting the best film award at the Oscars next year.
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got it from twitter.
Tried to use Google translator , doesn't make sense at all


It's the review of The good road in Gujarati, can anyone translate it. Heard it is a negative review. .

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Got it the translation from twitter as well😆, this is what I could get..BUT It is done by Google translate 😕

Shishir Ramavat's The Good Road Review (English Translated)

The Good Road , a Gujarati film won the National Award is one thing and seeing it become far gayani and chetarai gayani quite different in the wake of intense emotion. What a miserable and kalasunya film of Gujarati cinema will determine the size of superiority?

Listen , Listen , Listen . Is reduced to a wonderful event . In the last twenty years that had never fallen . Sampadayum is a gem , very rich . Experts have been danga seeing this gem . Her eyes are broke . Experts have declared that our dharatimanthi get this golden jewel is a rare event . If gitadam gavadavo , stems pito on drums , vajam vagadavo light nahao this gem ! "


Such a huge announcement to hear you naturally going to be pleased , but to be happy . Ohoho you that , what is it ? Let be a real gem that is kevunka . You thanagana thanagana on display in the gemstone to see you go , but the gem as far as you can go deep wound . The ? People say this is a gem of a dead piece of glass ? Golden , golden , rare these adjectives all the rubbish and waste in the vaparayam ? Utho when you re angry . Chetarai gayani wake intense feeling in your mind .


Now the ' jewel ' in place of ' The Good Road " Put a Gujarati film . Let accolades at National Awards cipakavi label . Experts rather enigmatic man - made ??from the selection panel do not fit . It remains the same . Third of May , 2013 60th National Film Awards ceremony on " The Good Road " to the best of Gujarati film Silver Lotus ( Regional Category ) was awarded the National Award . Earlier, in 1980 and then in 1993 with Ketan Mehta bhavani two Bhavai Bhavai pots Upendra Trivedi has received a national award . Between years were quite empty . " The Good Road " If a stranger in a strange Gujarati film received national honors, when the news came as a sinemapremi was HARAKH . Also , the film's Oscar winner sound designer Resul pukutti as well as music director Rajat dholakiya name attached to such crucial in ensuring that this will be a film sinsiyara sat , a few days ago to get a chance to see the film in a jhatakamam saghalo HARAKH disappeared . Rather, as far gayani and woke up feeling chetarai gayani . National Award intoxication jhatakamam went down . Madhosh with an alcoholic kacakacavine jhumi lapho kill the brain becomes conscious as well .

Stay inside the cans for a long time from now on in this film, Ahmedabad , Vadodara , Gandhinagar , Rajkot and Surat are being released . What is this film ? Kutchh film takes place on the ground . Mumbai a couple of cars going home . With eight - ten -year-old son . Changeling boy down the road instead of on the terrace , and parents mistakenly leave them to get out of there . Son disappeared after that to know is that ghangham . I teniyo - Dad, rather than waiting for a truck driver has to walk with . Aur is a track by some year old daughter . On the road, the body becomes part of the gang that sells sex workers . Aphakorsa Finally , it is good for arthritis .

Film enaephadisi ( National Film Development Corporation of ) is the funding . Mumbaivasi director of the Korea original advertising man . A native of Goa . Rasul pukutti and silver dholakiya name as the weight associated with a project to halahavala jnanabhai really like the ' Super Talent ' must ! Direksananam not thekanam not longer acting . Sonali Kulkarni and Ajay gehi a roll dad ( who does not speak directly to the Gujarati sentences ) than after direktarasahebe Non - Actors insisted on taking the film ' riyalistika Phil ' to get one . This means that capture local people , give them training , he had acted in a fit of different rolls . Caheravala flat insensitive , insensible khadakala stone as the ' actors ' acting and he is uthaya kampi . The film is the story alive through the truck is evadam large gabadam . That was the biggest blow to our sensibiliti small balakivalo tracks . The film gives us information that Kutch Highway near some open ground, sex workers are paid fair . The pavilion is designed as night falls , there is the door . They have not yet been rtukalamam evadi ten - twelve -year-old girls from masuma tarunio banithanine , blush - lipastika stay out of the queue . These are all prostitutes . Adasani that the men have to stand in front of bhidamam . I also like the girl, pointing to the tent with the broker to send the girl customer . The girls are playing on , ear worms can actually be a jhaghadati lying bhundaboli period ( the period of the faithful have been in the film ) , and that night I have to stay in business . For That Matter in Kutch , Gujarat, parts of which Mumbai is the kamathipurani markets such vesyanam paid ?

The film is tailored to the audience ? It is not only for the general public , the creator of this film is that we have confused the ' class ' Art in the Making ? Really? Forget art film , " The Good Road " is not a pseudo art film . Yes , the arts and creative eksapresansana bad as the horrible , gandam , hog and abject level jonam need to make it right , it can be seen . " The Good Road " kacchanam in the villages are not consistent naming . It is on the road between Bhuj and dhorado and bunny desert was shot documentary style like . The Kutch region is filled ranotsava binagujaratiomam gradually becoming popular . " The Good Road " national and international film phestivalomam dekhadaya it is possible . One question in the wake of the film distorted portrayal of Kutch at the level of the binagujaratio see how the image will binabharatiyomam ?
This is not a news report , also admit that they are fictional story . Nothing that we do not even sugalava vesyaonam scene that period he was struck with terror go listening . Onestino question is cinematic . You make a film riyalistika udhama re witty , othentika location shoots are going on , and then the film ' ekjhotika flavors ' of prostitutes come to the track to learn mathamela bhabharavi can do . Period , sex art film, so everything should be , u c. Bed big weakness is that sex workers are not relevant to the story of the film narrative . If you find a child in the parents , a truck driver waste missing boy and girl have been left no doubt becoming a prostitute - the three stories together and eventually an elegant full picture parovai should be bloat , but a clumsy editing - cutting , in the stories the end of the air becomes adhdhara latakata . Because it becomes incomplete and adhakacari . Very slow pace of the film is a test of your patience . " The Good Road " of the budget is two and a half crore . This means that approximately five times higher than regular Gujarati films . Very poor production value of the film is seeing Oops , have been key to the film s two and a half million rupees ?

" The Good Road " with a national award competition ' go to ' and ' Saptapadi ' was . This is not kvoliphai either one is not the issue . The most important point is that " The Good Road " as the National Award liable to weaken the strength of the film ? It enaephadisi enaephadisini film and film awards - rahevao bevorda should do is calculate that ? Knowledge Korea and Rasul pukutti ephatiaiai ( Film and Television Institute of ) are graduates of . National award valued members of the selection panel for ephatiaiaivalao chalakato is a love that is a factor ?

' To go ', the Gujarati film industry became a positive atmosphere . Avamam " The Good Road " as the name bade aur darshan Khote ' impression surasuriyum daholi exploit the environment . We do not want to require that , in determining the level exploit a national award , the National Award winning film , which has become a reference point . Such as , ' bhavani Bhavai ' Gujarati cinema is a landmark , and he won the national award will be remembered forever . " The Good Road " kalasunya like the film , which has been ill- odor , it is a measure of superiority, how can ? National Award Winner in the national and international level - and the language of cinema - it is a representation of the state of Popular Culture . This is a major bhayasthana . " The Good Road " movies such as Gujarati cinema decent damage , rather than exploit . Gujarati cinema to win the National Award is no dhakhara . Even have to wait another five years , but it 's annoying to be in the future, to establish standards for movies just does not make mischief .
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and then Anurag deleted his account.
I think a bigger achievement is that lunchbox is being accepted by our own Indians well which is rare.
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This makes me assume that all this while they have been making films just to get an Oscar? Like karan produced this because he wanted an Oscar? And here I was happy that Dharma and UTV are supporting the film so that it gets more screens in the country.

I tried writing to the CEO of AKPL but the tweets got deleted 😕


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^ That thought crossed my mind too.
They wanted to send GOW for oscars too right?

Umm yeah who would wanna watch 10 hours long series?
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Originally posted by: tvdekha.

^ That thought crossed my mind too.

They wanted to send GOW for oscars too right?

Umm yeah who would wanna watch 10 hours long series?



Yup. GOW was in the race...I wanted to see how they would create subtitles for the gaalis😆

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