MUMBAI:

Not to the surprise of many watchers of foreign language Oscar nominations, Aamir Khan’s directorial vehicle Taare Zamren Par could not make it to the Oscar list. The movie just hasn’t been garnering the kind of mainstream reviews and media attention the actor’s Lagaan received a few years ago. It received high praise from many key American publications including The New York Times and Los Angeles Times and garnered one of the five

nominations.

The Oscar selection committee announced on January 13, a short list of nine movies out of which five will make into the final competition. In all there were 65 entries; each country nominates one film. The final list will be announced on January 22. — Agencies