Top 10 Indian Movie Submissions For Oscar

1. Mother India (1957)

Directed by Mehboob Khan Mehboob Khan was a pioneer producer-director of Hi >> Read More... , this film happens to be India's first ever nomination for the prestigious Oscar. Nominated for the Best Foreign Language, the film portrays how a widowed Indian woman struggled for her survival. Nargis played the role of deprived farmer's wife who against all the odds showed the grandeur of Indian woman. It lost to the “Nights of Cabiria” (Italian film) by just a single vote.

2. Lagaan (2002)

The Aamir Khan Aamir Khan or Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan is Bolly >> Read More... starrer Lagaan happened to be one of the three Indian nominations to the Academy Awards. The movie is a pre-independence era story of a village, showing how the villagers stand against the British rule for high taxation. The Indians battle against British governance in a game of cricket as a gamble to avoid the taxes. In 2010, the film secured 55^th position in the Empire magazines under the category 'The 100 Best Films of World Cinema'.

3. Salaam Bombay (1988)

Made under Mira Nair Mira Nair, a veteran Filmmaker, based in New York >> Read More... 's direction, Salaam Bombay is a movie that demonstrates the day-to-day life of the children who hover in the streets of Bombay. The name of the film is a satire on Bombay, which despite being one of the biggest cities of Indian has the largest slum of Asia. This cinema is one among the three Indian movies until today, which has received Oscar nomination. The movie also got the Golden Camera Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

4. The World Of Apu (Bengali: Apur Sansar, 1959)

Apur Sansar is a Bengali movie that depicts the life of an adult in the early twentieth century. It is directed, written and produced by Satyajit Ray Biographies reveal bare details about the maverick >> Read More... , who himself was an Oscar nominee thrice. The film is an adaptation of a Bengali novel named 'Aparajito.' However, this movie could not make it to the Oscar's final nomination. Nevertheless, it received many International awards including the National Board of Review Awards (United States).

5. Anjali (Tamil, 1990)

Anjali is a Tamil feature film made under the direction of Mani Ratnam Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker deeply rooted t >> Read More... . The movie revolves around a family of four. The story deals with the daughter of the house, who is a mentally disabled child and is about to die. The film highlights the emotional distress experienced by the family. It was Indian submission for the Oscars-1991, but it could not make it to the final nomination.

6. Rang De Basanti Click to look into! >> Read More... (2006)

This movie displayed the modern day patriotism in India. Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Born on 7th July 1963, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is >> Read More... , the film shows a British documentary maker (girl) visiting India and finding it completely different from the one her grandfather had wrote in his diary. However, the film was nominated for the Best Film for the British Academy of Film & Television Arts Awards but unfortunately could not make it to the Oscar.

7. Interrogation (Tamil: Visaranai, 2016)

Visaranai is one of the most significantly acclaimed Tamil movie directed by Vetrimaaran. The story of the film is from a novel named ' Lock Up Click to look into! >> Read More... '. Visaranai won the Amnesty International Italia Award. It was India's official entry for the 89^th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated further.

8. Court (Marathi: Court, 2015)

This was a directorial debut by Chaitanya Tamhane Born on 1 March 1987 in Mumbai (Maharashtra). Grad >> Read More... . The picture scrutinizes the Indian legal system witnessing the case an old folk singer in one of the Courts of Mumbai. Court was Indian acquiescence for the 88^th Annual Academy Awards. However, the name did not makeup to the final nomination.

9. Guide (1965)

The movie is about a guide named Raju ( Dev Anand Dev Anand would be nostalgically remembered by fil >> Read More... ) who gets fascinated towards a girl ( Waheeda Rehman She took birth in a Tamil Urdu speaking Muslim fam >> Read More... ). The film is the adaptation of the novel 'The Guide'. A 120-minute U.S. version of the movie is been produced as well as directed by Tad Danielewski. The movie was the Indian entry for 38^th Academy Awards, but could not achieve any success further.

10. Liar's Dice (2014)

Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui Nawazuddin Siddiqui was born in Budhana in Muzaffa >> Read More... , the movie is on human trafficking, also shows the issue of migration to cities and laborers. The picture focuses on the struggle of a young mother from a village, who is not able to find her husband, after he left to work in the city. The film won the special jury award at The Sofia International Film Festival. Despite this, the movie could not make it to the Oscar Nominations.