Director
Ayodhya
Kumar's
Minugurulu
and
Manam
featuring
three
generation
stars
of
Akkineni
family,
have
been
nominated
for
Oscar
Awards
2015
in
the
category
of
Best
Foreign
Language
Film.
Reports
suggest
that
Film
Federation
of
India
(FFI)
has
shortlisted
30
movies
from
various
Indian
languages.
Two
among
them
are
these
Telugu
movies,
which
were
recommended
to
the
FFI
by
Telugu
Film
Producers
Council
(TFPC).
Elated
Ayodhya
Kumar
confirmed
the
news
about
the
selection
of
Minugurulu
for
Oscar
entry.
On
his
official
Facebook
page,
the
director
commented,
Good
to
know
that
Producers
council
and
Film
Federation
of
India
selecting
Minugurulu
for
Oscar
foriegn
category
selections."
Ayodhya
Kumar
added,
"I
know
it
is
only
one
film
they
send
from
India,
but
it
is
good
to
know
that
Film
federation
selecting
Minugurulu
by
themselves
without
my
involvement.
Thats
a
pleasant
surprise
And
Producers
council
had
mentioned
that
they
had
selected
only
one
Telugu
film
this
year
which
is
Minugurulu.
Looks
like
Minugurulu
saga
continues
..."
Manam
is
the
Akkineni
family
movie
featuring
Akkineni
Nageswara
Rao,
Nagarjuna,
Naga
Chaitanya
in
lead
roles.
Written
and
directed
by
Vikram
Kumar,
the
film
is
partly
a
period
drama,
focusing
on
various
time
periods
between
the
1920s
to
the
2013
and
it
deals
with
the
concepts
of
rebirth
and
eternal
love.
Released
in
theatres
on
May
23,
the
movie
has
impressed
the
film
goers
across
the
globe.
Whereas
Minugurulu
deals
with
the
struggles
of
a
blind
children.
The
movie
focusing
on
social
problem
has
been
written
and
directed
by
Ayodhya
Kumar
Krishnamsetty.
The
film
was
selected
as
Best
Indian
Film
at
the
9th
India
International
Children's
Film
Festival
held
at
Bangalore.
According
to
reports,
the
Film
Federation
of
India
is
likely
to
watch
all
the
30
movies
from
different
languages
and
select
India's
entry
for
the
Best
foreign
language
film
award
in
the
Oscars
for
2015.
The
screening
of
these
movie
will
take
place
in
Hyderabad.
The
experts
team
of
FFI
will
finalise
the
Indian
entry
on
September
25.
Lets
wish
good
luck
to
Vikram
Kumar
and
Ayodhya
Kumar.