The Oscars honour copycats, deliberately leave out Bollywood
11 years ago

The Oscars honour copycats, deliberately leave out Bollywood

India Today  

Did you wake up to the Monday morning horror of the Oscars taking over your TV set? We sacrifice our sleep to see the Hollywood mutual admiration club meeting for a Sunday evening ball between 1. They cannot afford expensive song sequences, so they make movies inside a spaceship that has no virtually space for heavy-bosomed extras to shake their bonbons. Hollywood uses CGI and makes superhero animation films because they cannot afford Salman Khan's fees. Hollywood cannot afford big Indian stars so they sign Om Puri, Irrfan, Anupam Kher and that schoolboy from Noida in Life of Pi.

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Why doesn’t India have an award even half as prestigious as the Oscars?
1 year, 11 months ago

Why doesn’t India have an award even half as prestigious as the Oscars?

Hindustan Times  

Last week, I held an Oscar in my hands. Which made me wonder why, despite making more movies than any other country in the world, in a 110-year tradition of cinematic storytelling, we haven’t been able to create an award that comes even close. For five years, as chairperson of the Film Critics Guild, I’ve had first-hand experience of what …

5 reasons why Indians don't need Oscars!
10 years, 2 months ago

5 reasons why Indians don't need Oscars!

India TV News  

Are you kidding.what do you mean that 'no Bollywood star' would get chance to walk down the red carpet at the Oscars this year? Everytime we are denied an entry in Oscars, all hell breaks loose and the eternal question lingers upon us, why our films are not competing with world cinema! Here are 5 reasons why we think Indians …

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