Home   Forum   Wiki   Notes   Register   FAQ   Sitemap   About Us   Contact Us  

Lagaan for Oscars; New Horizons for ARR?

Topic started by WhyNot (@ 203.24.100.131) on Sun Nov 4 10:51:50 EST 2001.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

Lagaan has been unanimously chosen as India's entry for Oscars Foreign Film Category for 2002. It beat Monsoon Weddings and Asoka. Though this is not the first ARR movie to be chosen, with Jeans selected in 98, this is definitely a more credible choice.
Will this mark a new beginning or open up newer horizons for ARR? As ALW's Bombay Dreams is more a Broadway production, this may introduce ARR to Hollywood in a big way. Or will Lagaan just find itself piled in the garbage can, following the very first round of selections, as all past Indian entries have?

---

Responses:

• Old responses
  
• From: kk (@ 198.4.92.5) on: Thu Feb 14 09:48:45 EST 2002
  
  I think that team building song would be good. Thats the best part I like.
  
  
• From: yaaro (@ 195.93.34.164) on: Thu Feb 14 14:15:43 EST 2002
  
  http://us.imdb.com/Title?0211915
  about amelie.
  
  
• From: yaaro (@ 195.93.34.164) on: Thu Feb 14 14:17:16 EST 2002
  
  http://us.imdb.com/Title?0282674
  about lagaan.
  
  
• From: WhyNot (@ 203.24.100.133) on: Thu Feb 14 20:44:13 EST 2002
  
  http://bizrate.com/features/top_sellers.xpml?de_id=325&cat_id=5108
  
  Lagaan listed as one of top 10 selling under the music & musical categories by BizRate.com for 14th Feb.
  
  Description:
  "Considered to be a modern classic of Indian cinema, LAGAAN is a musical drama which tells the story of a central Indian farming village in 1893."
  
  
• From: WhyNot (@ 203.24.100.133) on: Thu Feb 14 21:18:00 EST 2002
  
  Review by Amazon.co.uk
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/218434/ref%3Ded%5Fcp%5Fle%5Fi%5F6%5F4/026-3425492-7421232
  
  "AR Rahman: Lagaan
  The haunting soundtrack for one of Bollywood's most recent box office hits. With music by Bollywood's current golden boy AR Rahman, this double CD features the unlikely but imaginative combination of rustic Bollywood melodies and traditional Victorian waltzes sung in a combination of Hindi and English. A hint at what the future holds for Bollywood music."
  
  Review by Chris Baker at FilmThreat.com
  http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?File=ReviewsOne.inc&Id=2227
  An excerpt:
  
  "Oh yeah, and those musical numbers... Anyone unfamiliar with the integral role that music plays in Bollywood movies is definitely in for a treat. The songs by A. R. Rahman are the sort of tunes that implant on impact and leave you humming them for weeks."
  
  
• From: WhyNot (@ 203.24.100.133) on: Thu Feb 14 21:20:30 EST 2002
  
  This is definitely looking like New Horizons for ARR.
  
  
• From: RD (@ 12.234.170.75) on: Sat Feb 16 12:09:34 EST 2002
  
  here are a list reviews of Lagaan from the western media.
  
  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movie-1111568/
  
  
  
• From: S (@ 128.107.253.44) on: Mon Feb 18 03:15:14 EST 2002
  
  >>heartwarming British/Indian production that should have <<
  
  rottentomatoes review says this...I thot lagaan was purely an indian production...has aamir tried all these stunts as well to get the nominations ???
  
  
• From: WhyNot (@ 134.7.134.15) on: Mon Feb 18 04:48:16 EST 2002
  
  They probably made a mistake, S.
  And in what way do u reckon that Aamir saying it's a joint British production is going to enhance Lagaan's Oscar nominations?
  
  
• From: WhyNot (@ 134.7.134.15) on: Mon Feb 18 04:49:33 EST 2002
  
  Let me redo that:
  And in what way do u reckon that Aamir saying it's a joint British production is going to enhance Lagaan's prospects for Oscar nominations?
  
  
• From: chandan (@ ) on: Tue Feb 26 01:38:31 EST 2002
  
  Is Lagaan going to win oscars
  
  
• From: WhyNot (@ 203.24.100.132) on: Tue Feb 26 05:14:06 EST 2002
  
  I doubt it. It looks pretty obvious that Amelie wud.
  
  
• From: isaiosai (@ 165.122.128.173) on: Tue Feb 26 12:30:22 EST 2002
  
  Though unusual, somehow I feel there is a possibility of Amelie and Lagaan sharing the honors.
  Lagaan for factors like being based on real-life incident, victory of human spirit, and the way it is narrated and succeeding in holding the viewers attention till the end?basically, no unnecessary scenes in between. However, for this to happen the jury will have to ignore the unrealistic way (by their standards) some parts of the match are picturized (some shots I would say that I don?t want to elaborate upon:-)) So, it would depend on how different they can afford to be. But Amelie being a lighthearted movie (albeit quite realistic) Lagaan still stands a chance.
  
  
• From: Sriram (@ 131.243.115.238) on: Tue Feb 26 14:43:46 EST 2002
  
  I dont think Lagaan is worth to be nominated for oscars. Its a good movie and has to be appreciated. No where on this planet will a movie be nominated for playing a cricket for 1hr.I do accept that A.R has done a good job . If this movie deserves a award it will be for ARR.
  
  Lagaan's Aamir is no match for Nayagan's Kamal.
  
  I dont understand why people have gone mad about this movie
  
  
• From: (^!^) (@ 207.43.195.201) on: Tue Feb 26 15:16:56 EST 2002
  
  Lagaan is a very ordinary run of the mill hollywood plot similar to D-2 the might ducks, Remember the Titans and a host of other movies in which the weak minority is shown to beat the establishment. Not that a great plot is a requirement for winning the Oscars. I just wish that the first Indian movie to win the Oscars has something more representative of the talents of the performers - actors/story writers/directors - a la Salangai Oli or Bombay.
  
  
• From: !!! (@ 64.104.131.220) on: Wed Feb 27 07:12:33 EST 2002
  
  
  >>Lagaan for factors like being based on real-life incident<<
  What real life incident r u talking about ?!?!?!?
  
  
• From: AVR (@ 143.127.3.10) on: Wed Feb 27 08:58:13 EST 2002
  
  ^!^ :
  
  Lagaan was a unique idea I say!! A story is a story. A story has to assume a lot of coincidences.
  
  The actors really did do very well, aamir khan,gracy singh et al. the music was par excellence ... and much better than the crap that is churned out today. The dialogues were well written, even the BGM was excellent. So were the lyrics, the screenplay and even the introduction.
  Right from the sets to the costumes to the basic idea itself was great.
  
  I in fact quite enjoyed that "cricket match". And the way in which it was shown. A unique idea and well done Lagaan. It should definitely win a prize at the Oscars, IMO.
  
  I quite wonder what was so very special in "Bombay".
  
  ALL IMHO.
  
  
• From: AMID (@ 212.217.116.38) on: Wed Feb 27 10:05:13 EST 2002
  
  I was sur from force LAGGAN
  
  
• From: isaiosai (@ 165.122.128.173) on: Wed Feb 27 12:15:23 EST 2002
  
  !!!,
  Goes back to 1893 when people of a particular village did not have to pay the (agricultural) tax by winning the game...
  
  
• From: WhyNot (@ 203.24.100.132) on: Wed Feb 27 18:11:22 EST 2002
  
  ...What real life incident r u talking about ?!?!?!?...
  British occupation of India in the 19th century
  
  
• From: (@ 165.122.128.173) on: Wed Feb 27 18:16:17 EST 2002
  
  /--ah, but the HCF has admitted in the psycho thread that it is indeed a sadistic sense of humour. :-)--\
  :-)
  
  
• From: WhyNot (@ 203.24.100.132) on: Wed Feb 27 18:20:53 EST 2002
  
  isaiosai, what exactly r u trying to say here?
  
  (and pls dont say it if u jus wanna odi odi from this thread after that)
  
  
• From: (@ 165.122.128.173) on: Wed Feb 27 18:29:59 EST 2002
  
  /--...HCF...it is indeed a sadistic sense...--\ of reply:)
  and don't reply if u can't be a little more innocent(?):-)
  
  (i'm certainly Odi Odi away from this thread...for good:))
  
  
  
• From: Karthik S (@ 164.164.82.29) on: Wed Feb 27 21:50:50 EST 2002
  
  A post about an Economic Times article in the ARR Yahoo Group....
  
  I was going thru the Economic Times of 27th Feb'02 and in the Brand Equity issue there was a lengthy article on Lagaan. It read as "Qayamat se Oscar tak" talking about Aamir and Ashutosh. It also had personalities like Parmeshwar Godrej, Sunil Alagh (CEO-Britannia), Shreedhar Subramanium (MD, Sony Music), Piyush Pandey (Creative Dir., O&M) going ga-ga over the Oscar nomination and suggesting strategies to go about promoting the film overseas. As an interesting part, Shreedhar of Sony Music said :
  
  "The Oscar nomination has in a way been music to ARRahman's ears. The soundtrack, complete with the magic of India, is going for a crossover of its own. Internationally the album is being released as a mainstream album. We've modified the product, including the song book and made it multilingual. We're also tying up with Columbia Tristar and selling the music at the venue, retailing at the theatres."
  
  It finally said that being a period film, the music has been marketed differently. They've also added the background music to the album. ARR is also doing his bit to promote the music. He spoke to the media: "Now the main question that arises is...should we market the film or the DVD. Lagaan is not your common Dil to pagal hai type of Movie. It was the first film that Sony started marketing 16 weeks before its release."
  
  So, it seems that Lagaan is going all over globally and the music is also being marketed extensively.
  
  
• From: The biggest selfconfessed ARR fan (@ 203.199.231.74) on: Wed Feb 27 22:24:21 EST 2002
  
  Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
  
  
• From: Velaiyaththavan (@ 129.252.25.204) on: Wed Feb 27 23:25:31 EST 2002
  
  It is still in the "Lagaan for Osacars" stage and yet to go to "Oscar for Lagaan" stage..hmm..
  
  
• From: WhyNot (@ 203.24.100.132) on: Thu Feb 28 08:11:39 EST 2002
  
  Thanks for that interesting info, Karthik.
  Seems like more evidence of new horizons.
  
  
• From: WhyNot (@ 203.24.100.132) on: Thu Feb 28 08:16:47 EST 2002
  
  isaiosai, after 15 hours, i finally figured out wat u were trying to say. Ok, u really have an axe to grind dont u? Well, I was answering sincerely and not to derive any sadistic satisfaction. btw, I dont remember crossing paths wit u, so why r u so determined to pick on me? This may sound strange, but sometimes u give me the feeling of being stalked. :-) but since u run away so promptly, it's ok.
  
  
• From: WhyNot (@ 203.24.100.132) on: Fri Mar 1 20:07:34 EST 2002
  
  Ashutosh Gowarikar Interview:
  http://www.screenindia.com/20020301/finter.html
  
  He talks about the screenings for the academy members. Here's an excerpt:
  
  "How did they react to the songs?
  There was dancing in the aisles during ‘Mitwa...’ All the songs are very foot-tapping and people just had to get off their seats and celebrate."
  
  

---

List all pages of this thread

Post comments