Oscar nominations for Best Film giving rise to speculation
News
oi-Shekhar Hooli
By Sampurn Wire
The
Oscar
nominations
of
the
Ten
Best
films
have
certainly
caused
much
speculation
regarding
the
two
top
movies,i.e.
King"s
Speech
and
The
Social
Network.
According
to
reports,
the
announcement
of
the
nominations
are
giving
rise
to
a
lot
of
speculations
like
if
the
two
films
have
distorted
certain
historical
facts
and
tried
to
mislead
audiences,
should
the
authorities
give
a
second
thought
before
giving
out
the
awards
or
should
such
liberties
be
given
to
film
makers?
These
and
other
observations
are
creating
a
lot
of
debates
which
certainly
is
leading
the
audiences
and
the
average
viewer
nowhere.
Both
movies
have
gone
under
a
lot
of
debate
owing
to
the
content
of
the
basic
storyline
that
they
follow.
While
The
King"s
Speech
has
a
few
historical
facts,
which
have
been
spiced
up
adequately
to
suit
the
film
makers
to
make
it
a
bit
commercially
viable
or
whatever
the
reason
might
be,
there
is
a
sharp
theory
going
around
that
certain
historical
facts
should
not
be
tampered
with
and
thus
the
film
makers
should
stick
on
to
the
originality
of
the
story
or
the
source.
The
other
movie
in
the
top
slot
for
the
Best
film
category
is
The
Social
Network,
which
has
been
touted
as
a
movie
that
does
not
have
the
utter
truth
been
shown
in
the
storyline.
There
are
many,
who
are
not
just
bothered
with
what
the
truth
is
and
as
long
as
the
film
was
watchable
and
a
bit
entertaining
it
was
just
okay.
However,
a
certain
section
is
well
aware
that
whatever
is
shown
on
celluloid
need
not
always
be
the
truth.
Certain
liberties
are
indeed
taken
by
the
film
makers
to
dramatize
the
entire
gist
of
the
story
to
make
it
popular
with
the
audiences.
Yet
another
argument
doing
the
rounds
is
that
whenever
an
issue
is
handled
in
a
movie
there
is
bound
to
be
certain
half
stories
told
which
leave
the
audiences
asking
for
more
like
in
The
Social
Network,
the
life
of
the
people
concerned
are
dealt
with
in
quite
a
brief
manner.
There
are
many
reality
based
truths,
which
are
not
disclosed
properly
and
certain
questions
go
unanswered
as
history
has
not
yet
recorded
certain
facts
as
of
yet.
Thus,
the
movie
leaves
those
issues
regarding
real
people
somewhere
midway
which
is
quite
bewildering
to
most
viewers.
Now,
with
such
movies
getting
into
top
nominations
for
prestigious
awards
the
question
being
asked
is
does
it
really
matter?
Well,
there
are
other
counter
questions
that
go
on
to
ask
that
what
is
more
important
for
film
makers-to
win
awards
or
to
entertain
audiences
and
to
look
for
commercial
viability
of
their
movies?
Tough
ones
there!