Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's directorial debut Taare Zameen Par will be India's official entry for the Oscar 81st annual Academy awards for the best foreign film, the jury announced in Mumbai on Saturday. WHO IS WHO? @ Click Here
The announcement was made by filmmaker Suneel Darshan, who headed the film federation of India (FFI) jury to select the film in Mumbai on Thursday. Taare Zameen Par is written by Amole Gupte and was released in 2007. It received critical and Box Office acclaim.
Aamir said that the movie did business of Rs 131 crore at the Box Office world-wide. It is a sensitive story of an eight-year-old dyslexic child. Other films in fray for selection were critically acclaimed Marathi films Valu and Tingya, Nishikant Kamat's Mumbai Meri Jaan, Neeraj Pandey's A Wednesday, Ashutosh Gowarikar's Jodhaa Akbar, Farhan Akhtar's Rock On!, Subhash Ghai's Black and White and Telugu film Gamyam. TOP Indian Television Anchors