Here's
some
sad
news
for
Indian
movie
lovers.
Vidhu
Vinod
Chopra's
Eklavya
-The
Royal
Guard,
which
was
India's
official
entry
to
the
Oscars
this
year,
is
out
of
the
race
from
the
'Best
Foreign
Language
Films'
category.
The
nine
films
that
made
it
in
the
final
list
include
The
Counterfeiters
(Austria),
The
Year
My
Parents
Went
on
Vacation
(Brazil),
Mongol
(Kazakhstan),
The
Trap
(Serbia),
Days
of
Darkness
(Canada),
Beaufort
(Israel),
The
Unknown
Woman
(Italy)
,
Katyn
(Poland)
and
12
(Russia).
For
starters,
the
Amitabh
Bachchan
-
Sanjay
Dutt
starrer
Eklavya
was
mired
in
controversy
ever
since
it
was
declared
as
India's
entry
to
the
prestigious
Oscars.
So,
much
so
that
director
Bhavna
Talwar,
who
considered
her
film
Dharm
as
one
of
the
better
contenders
for
the
award,
went
on
to
claim
that
the
jury
was
biased
in
its
selection.
She
even
went
up
to
the
extent
of
going
to
the
court
regarding
the
issue.
Seems
like
India
will
have
to
wait
for
a
while
to
bring
home
this
prestigious
award.
Story first published: Thursday, January 17, 2008, 15:56 [IST]