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Vidhu Chopra furious over industry remarks on Eklavya’s selection

For Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the news of Eklavya’s selection for this year’s Oscars has gone a little sour. The Indian film industry has rather been majorly shocked over the selection.

From Anupam Kher to Farah Khan to Sajid Khan, the industry has been rooting for Chak De! India to be the official entry for this year’s Oscars. Commenting on the remarks made by some industry people, Vidhu Vinod said, “Last year Lage Raho didn’t go, did I, Raju or anybody from my office say why Munnabhai didn’t go, it was a better film. Before that Parineeta didn’t go, Paheli went. Did I say that Shah Rukh made a stupid film. My films didn’t go for two years, I didn’t bother anyone, why are they bothering us now.”

Despite poor Box Office collections, Eklavya ws applauded the world over. It was also called “a lost film of David Lean”. David Lean is referred to as the God Of Cinema of “Lawrence of Arabia” fame. So, may be we should support Chopra’s effort at serious cinema than ask for entertainment based flicks more often to go for the Academy awards.

Tanushree Chatterjee

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