India's Information and Broadcasting Ministry has unveiled a Film Promotion Fund to help promote Indian films entered in the foreign-language Oscar category, and those competing at major international festivals such as Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Busan, Toronto, Locarno and Venice and Rotterdam, among others. While the total size of the fund was...
India's Budget announcement, and World Cup games may overshadow Oscars telecast
Hundreds of millions of people in India will be glued to their televisions on Sunday night. But many won’t be watching the Oscars, even though musician A.R. Rahman (of Slumdog Millionaire fame) is a nominee for his score for 127 Hours. There are two competing activities that have Indians captivated....
SlumDog's shadow continues to influence "Millionaire"
"Who Wants to be a Millionaire" gets a third life in its largest market. When Danny Boyle, director of "SlumDog Millionaire" was looking to cast the role of the host of "Millionaire" in the movie, the obvious choices were the two Indian film stars who had already hosted the Indian...