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Wohoo! I'm glad this pile of overrated, glossy drivel didn't get through! Whoever thought it was good enough must have been kidding themselves, to think that this would be taken seriously. I hope that this sends a message to bollywood to start making decent films (like Lagaan which stood a good chance) and stop making big-budgeted, glossy eye-candy like Devdas!
To Bollywood directors...you really can't fool people for that long! Anyway Devdas could've been better, I personally think the Bimal Roy version with Dilip kumar was the best. With SRK, he bought nothing new, we've seen it all before. Bhansali's best film was Khamoshi, which I think is a forgotten gem! He should drop the gloss and start making more decent films again...however I understand that the risk is it might flop!
I think 'The Warrior' if only it was allowed to represent India would've done much better!
taken from indiatimes.com
Devdas fails to get Oscar nod
PTI[ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2003 07:28:55 PM ]
LOS ANGELES: Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Rs 50 crore blockbuster Devdas failed to garner an Oscar nomination for the best foreign film, dashing the hopes of millions of movie buffs in the country.
The musical extravaganza starring the best of Bollywood with Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai and Jackie Shroff in the lead, lost out to the Crime of Father Amaro from Mexico, Hero from China, Man without a Past from Finland, Nowhere in Africa from Germany and Zus and Zo from The Netherlands.
The nominations were announced at a pre-dawn ceremony here, after they were decided by 5,816 Academy of Motion Picture Art voters, whose ballots had been kept under lock and key by auditors since January 29.
Bhansali's movie, known more for its glittering sets and the cast than the serious plot of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyaya's classic, failed to join Mother India, Salaam Bombay, and Lagaan, in the list of Indian entries that have been nominated for a best foreign film Oscar.
Based on Chattopadhya's 20th century classic, the film follows the love triangle between Devdas, Paro and Chandramukhi, adapted by Bollywood in three different eras.
The film, which won wide acclaim from foreign audience and critics, was invited to a special screening at the prestigious Cannes film festival.
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