We may have lost the Oscars, but there is still hope as Rang De Basanti has been short-listed for the prestigious British Academy Of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) non-English language award. Director Rakeysh Mehra is pretty thrilled about the nomination and this is what he had to say:
“Rang De Basanti shares the list with Mel Gibson’s ‘Apocalypto’ and Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Volver’. We’re in excellent company. I spoke to A.R. Rahman in Toronto. He was thrilled. The entire team is over the moon. In fact, we’re putting together a documentary on the film where Rahman says ‘Rang De…’ has changed his career,” Mehra told IANS.
“I attended those screenings and also the extremely enlightening Q&A sessions after the screenings. We kept talking until 1.30 a.m. In India we’d have gone home. Just goes to show distances are being bridged not just in the corporate world but also in the entertainment business.
“The thing about BAFTA is it’s the European counterpart of the Oscars. The Europeans take this award very seriously.”
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