I think it is a thakeli film,,what about you??

I wouldnt go as far as saying it to be thakeli. But guru or bheja fry would have been a better choice .. whats ur take richa - who should have been nominated if not eklavya ?

hey man don't be silly ok by sending guru n bheja fry to oscar....you meant to say that our country doesn't needed any oscar and eklavya too is pathetic movie i think jury members gone mad ....my first choise was "chak de india" n after that it was dharm

Defnately 'Dharam'. It reflect india with all its hues. When u say Bheja fry than i think Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd is also not a bad choice,,very contemporary showcasing so many social issues.

no i think better than eklavya chak de india is better to represent indian cinema in oscars as the movie speaks abt the national game

eklavya was rather bad one and i dont think deserves to be our entry for oscars... i havent watched dharam though... i guess need to watch it soon...

 i would just say:

Eklavya is poorest film in history of  indian cinema.

in eklavya vidu vinod chopra cannot create a atmoshpere which entertains the audience but he has worked a lot in this film the photography is excellent but the story is not so good to be nomainated in the oscars.we have more movies which can be nominated

 'Eklavya'-1 f d worst  hind mov i eva seen.so its rely nt desrv

Noo....Eklavya was a v.great movie bus samaj samaj ki bat hai jis ko is movie ki basic'zzz pata lag gayeee us k lea this movie is just excellent...soo i guess is movie ko definately oscars main jana chahyeh!

maham,

             karepa kar k aap humein samja dee jiye k kiya hai story ki basic.jo sirf aap ki samj main aye.

there were better movie than that., Eklavya had nothing new to offer.It was quite a 'THAKELI' movie.thats right.

yeah maham bolo bolo,tell tell....:$

as the controversy is deepning ,,i am losing my admiration for chopra.As maham has said samajh samajh ki baat hai.!!i think thats true!a person having a single iota of common sense will laugh at this choice,,,Baby the name of the game is Oscar its not Manikchand's Filmfare!!!!!!!!!!!!

hiiii richa ...don't lose your passion i think it's right that you had started this discussion you know chopra's had made so many movies ,i think all of them are suppertod by public n critics but whatever he made this eklavya , think it's one of his flop movie n critics also distarted .....

This days everyother movie is being sent to oscars if u remember guys  even paheli was sent to oscar  Was it worthy of being sent?? i'm told it bombed miserably in india  Last year i think they took the right decision of sending rang de basanti This time, Eklavya???looks like they have completely lost  it.... should have sent lage raho munnabhai instead of this crap

Thanks dawa!!!!!!!

not sure if parzania was applicable but that would also have been a good choice... may be dor...

yes dinrat parzania and even namesake would have been better choices

what about Blue umbrella????????????

chakde india also would have been a good choice

* I am not sure why movies going from india should reflect indian society etc. Movies are meant to be entertainers, they are meant to engross audience's attention .. My take is any movie from indi, should be a commercial success here. 

* I think eklavya would have a better chance than chak de india - chak de is too cliched and indians may like it, but global audience would probably hate it..

* Not sure if namesake would qualify from india. it has a hollywood director .. at the same time its a flop in india.  Parzania can be a good choice , but its too controversial - and many people find it to be a biased - It definitely has tons of emotional and inspirational appeal ..  

* I think Guru would have been a great choice - It was a commercial success, Indians liked it, It showcased india , At the same time it is an inspiration story - showcased both the +ve/-ve aspects of both the sides , and would have been appreciated by a global audience.  

i also like gandhi my father though it had many flaws but then it was a good attempt on the part of the director

@N_zamana - commercial success should not be the factor... dharam, which is apparently the closest contender after eklavya was an utter flop...

As n- zamana has said ,,why movie should reflect the countries culture or society.I would say why not?Life imitates art and vice versa,the movies are actually apart from entertainer are the contemporary almanc of our exsistance.They potray sense and sensibilities of our society.

dharm ., as i ve heard had a pretty solid storyline about a brahmin father and his adopted muslim son that is also at the backdrop of banaras., i'd like to see that movie., i think dor could ve been a very good choice but i think that the (male dominated )jury who filtered eklavya-the royal shit did not digest the mahila pradhan film which was so beautifully made.

i think eklavya waz a shit movie!!

i cud hav fallen asleep half way through da movie!!

interestingly PFC also has a poll running for this choice and eklavya is losing big time :-)... but i guess that does not matter now...

who is pfc??

passion for cinema, its a forum for the supposedly elite class of filmmakers, sriram raghvan, navdeep singh, anurag basu, sudhir mishra etal... they discuss and write things there...

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Thanks Dinrat,so i am not the only one fuming over this patiallity thing. If janta janardhan thinks it is a thakeli movie than it is!