Indian cinema is really going global.
And so after the masterpieces like Finding Nemo, Million Dollar Baby and The Passion of the Christ, Ram Gopal Varma‘s Sarkar Raj has been chosen for Academy of Motion Pictures Library!
Before this, you have biggies like Devdas, Kal Ho Na Ho and Lagaan from Indian Film industry to be part of such a prestigious library. The script of Sarkar Raj will be there permanently for the reference of cinema students.
The film featured all three Bachchans together for the first time; it was a sequel of Sarkar, an intense film on politics highlighting the power games. The academy had got in touch with Ram Gopal Varma to produce the script.
“Yes, the academy got in touch with me and Sarkar Raj is going to the library, I am happy to receive this honor,” says Ramu.
The library has a collection of more than 32,000 books, 1,800 periodical titles, 60,000 screenplays, lobby cards, over 8 million photographs, 300 manuscripts and other special collections relating to prominent industry individuals, studios and organizations, sheet music, music scores and sound recordings, production and costume sketches, artifacts and oral history.
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Ravi: Which way do they select an Indian movie for the int’l awards? I mean, do the team of Bollywood present their best movies which they think one of them might win the award and then the judges of hollywood would select what they think it’s the best?
I think the most indian movie which deserves Oscar this year is Taare Zameen Par.
I was sorry that the movie “water” didn’t win the oscar although it was a very good movie, it portrayed the life of widows in 40′s and the direction was very good including the performance of both John & Liza Ray ( I really admire her) she’s beautiful and very talented but she’s not doing lots of movies in Bollywood, do u know why? And she fits with Shahrukh.
@Fathiya – Yes. Indian filmmakers send their product to the Academy members and only after their approval, the movie is selected.
Taare Zameen Par is indeed an Oscar material
I also liked Water. Lisa Ray is mostly into international cinema and that’s why we don’t see her much in Bollywood.
i think SARKAR RAJ is wonderful choice oscar nomination bcoz it deserve .Wel, i ve seen TZP also bt i would like 2go with SARKAR RAJ.