The latest Bollywood buzz is that filmmaker Anurag Basu’s Barfi! Has failed to make into the finals of the best foreign language film category for the 85th Academy Awards.
The information was given in the latest Oscar shortlist.
Meanwhile, the film ‘Barfi!’ has earned much name and fame in the country as well as abroad, featuring Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in the lead role. Actress Ilean D’Crouz also made her Bollywood debut with this film.
Out of 71 films around the world, only nine films have been shortlisted, which will further compete for the title.
The nine selected films are Amour (Austria), War Witch, (Canada), No (Chile), A Royal Affair (Denmark), The Intouchables (France), The Deep (Iceland), Kon-Tiki (“Norway), Beyond the Hills (Romania) and Sister (Switzerland).
Now, the final list will be declared on January 10, 2013.
