‘Barfi’ is Bollywood’s entry for Oskar
Mumbai: Anurag Basu’s “Barfi!” has been chosen as India’s official entry for the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
The decision was taken at a Film Federation of India (FFI) meeting in Hyderabad on Saturday night. “‘Barfi!’ has indeed been chosen as the country’s official entry this year,” FFI secretary general Suparn Sen said.
The movie, starring Ranbir Kapoor as Murphy aka Barfi, and Priyanka Chopra as Jhilmil, has been lauded in film circles for its simplistic and moving narrative that has managed to tug at the heartstrings of audiences which equally enjoy commercial potboilers.
“An added source of pride is that this is the fourth UTV film in the last seven years to have been selected to represent India at the Academy awards; our earlier selections being ‘Rang De Basanti’ (2006), ‘Harishchandrachi Factory’ (2009) and ‘Peepli Live’ (2010),” he added.
“Barfi!” released Sep 14, and is still drawing full houses in theatres.
