Waiting For Indian Talent In American Films To Win Oscar: Kamal Hassan
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Actor-filmmaker
Kamal
Hassan,
whose
directorial
Vishwaroopam
was
in
the
race
with
other
films
for
India's
official
entry
to
Academy
Awards
this
year,
is
not
disappointed
at
losing
the
opportunity.
Instead
he
feels
it
would
be
more
sensible
when
Indian
talent
works
in
American
movies
and
wins
an
Oscar.
"With
due
respect,
my
films
have
gone
seven
times
to
the
Oscars
but
I
think
it
will
make
more
sense
when
the
Indian
talent
takes
part
in
American
movies
and
wins
an
Oscar
or
it
must
be
like
the
way
Ray
saab
(Satyajit
Ray)
did
for
world
cinema.
Otherwise,
we
are
just
visiting
America,
we
are
tourists," Hassan
told
reporters
here
Sunday
at
the
closing
of
the
Jagran
Film
Festival.
Satyajit
Ray,
legendary
filmmaker-writer,
not
only
won
an
Oscar
but
also
all
the
major
awards,
including
National
Awards.
His
film
Pather
Panchali,
won
a
total
of
eleven
international
prizes,
including
one
at
the
Cannes
Film
Festival.
This
year,
out
of
the
over
21
Indian
films
competing
to
make
it
to
the
Oscars,
Gujarati
film
The
Good
Road
has
been
chosen
as
India's
official
entry
to
the
Oscars.
The
other
films
that
were
competing
in
the
category
included
The
Lunchbox,
Bhaag
Milkha
Bhaag,
Ship
of
Theseus,
English
Vinglish,
Vishwaroopam,
Malayalam
film
Celluloid
and
Bengali
film
Shabdo.