Oscar Nominations
There is always this buzz when Oscar nominations are announced. The nominations were announced today and none of the Indian movies were included as expected.
But the real question to ask is – Should Indian Film industries really care about it? We always hold our standards against the western movies when our culture and emotions are totally different than the western culture. The feel of Indian movies is totally different and I am not sure if the westerners could comprehend the emotions behind it. Leave alone all the crappy movies that come out each year. Even the good ones that seem very well done to us may not be felt the same way by the westerners.
Take the movie ‘Lagaan’ for instance which went all the way to the final stages. Most people don’t understand cricket and I don’t know if they could get the same feel as we get when we watch the movie. I have been here for quite some time and even now I don’t get the same level excitement that I get in cricket when I watch basketball or baseball.
Another reason could be the fact that dance and song sequences are always a part of every Indian movie even if it is not a musical. We are always very used to seeing movies that way that a movie without song and dance would seem very boring for us. On the other hand songs included in a non musical film could be a total shocker for a westerner watching a movie. Not that this is bad or good. I am just trying to show how different our taste is compared to a westerner.
I guess it is nice to get recognized outside India. But I don’t think the industry should be utterly disappointed if they don’t make it in the Oscars.
What do you think?
2 comments:
Yes i think they should not really worry about the oscars as it is for american movies. Understood that they have a foreign films section, but that doesnt mean its the mother of all awards. We have our own awards and the indian film industry should be more interested in them rather than making movies for oscars which might end up neither here nor there.
Speaking of people getting 'surprised' during our song sequences in movies - One of my American colleagues here watches Bollywood movies. He said that the first movie he saw was 'Biwi No: 1' and he was very surprised to see in one of the song sequences, a guy dressed up in a fluffy toy outfit and dance. He watches more bollywood movies now but was surprised to see it in the first one.
You are right we should not get disappointed if Indian movies do not make it to the Oscar. Moreover, our people make movies to make money or to entertain our audience.
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