Village Rockstars, India's official entry to the 91st Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Film category, is no longer a part of the Oscars race, with only nine films out of 87 making it to the next round of voting. Directed by Rima Das, the Assamese feature, revolved around a group of village children aspiring to become rockstars. India has so far drawn a blank in the Best Foreign Film category. The last Indian film that made it to the final five in the list was Ashutosh Gowariker's Lagaan in 2001. Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuaron's universally-loved, semi-biographical, black-and-white drama Roma is in the list alongside eight other films.

Source: dna December 18, 2018 09:56 UTC