INDIAN MOVIES ... NOT QUITE THERE YET
Yet another Indian movie bites the dust at the Oscars. Purists might argue that Water went in as a Canadian movie, but considering the fact that the director is Indian and the star cast is mostly Indian, it might as well have gone in as an Indian nomination. Not that many people were expecting it to win. But the very thought that the Indian film industry has been churning out close to 800 movies a year for the past 50 years and yet no Indian movie has ever won an oscar, is a bit scary. But going by the number of Inidan movies nominated for the Best Foreign Film category in the past, we definitely are making progress. While in the past half a century, only four Indian movies have been nominated for the Oscars, two of them have been in the last decade (again assuming that Water is more or less an Indian nomination). It might not be completely hallucinatory to envision an Indian standing on the stage at Kodak Theatre accepting the Oscar statuette in the near future.
Yet another Indian movie bites the dust at the Oscars. Purists might argue that Water went in as a Canadian movie, but considering the fact that the director is Indian and the star cast is mostly Indian, it might as well have gone in as an Indian nomination. Not that many people were expecting it to win. But the very thought that the Indian film industry has been churning out close to 800 movies a year for the past 50 years and yet no Indian movie has ever won an oscar, is a bit scary. But going by the number of Inidan movies nominated for the Best Foreign Film category in the past, we definitely are making progress. While in the past half a century, only four Indian movies have been nominated for the Oscars, two of them have been in the last decade (again assuming that Water is more or less an Indian nomination). It might not be completely hallucinatory to envision an Indian standing on the stage at Kodak Theatre accepting the Oscar statuette in the near future.
3 comments:
The standard of indian movies has definitely risen from where it was 30 yrs back. But then 90% of the movies are commercial hits!
its ironic that even though we have talents, there shud be a producer willing to lose money, but win oscar!
This is a rather worms eye view of the situation. It is true that by making commercial movies, the producer can strike instant gold but think about the long term financial impetus the Indian Cinema could gain, if we succeed in making our presence felt internationally. International success would only bring in higher investment into Indian Cinema which would definitely improve the quality of the films being made. In the long run, it would place us in a much better position to showcase our culture and our way of life to a worldwide audience which, I believe is one of the key aspects of filmmaking.
Good for people to know.
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