HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD 'Morning Raga' not nominated for Oscar04th Jan 2006 14.00 IST By Agencies Contrary to popular belief, the Perizaad Zorabian - Shabana Azmi film Morning Raga has not been nominated for Oscar awards. Scotching reports that his film had secured an Oscar nomination, playwright and filmmaker Mahesh Dattani has said the film had been merely submitted for consideration in the mainstream awards category of the annual Academy Awards. 
"There is a lot of misinformation going on that it has been nominated for the Oscars. It hasn't," the Mumbai-based Dattani said in New Delhi. "The submission has been accepted by the Academy and it is among the 300-odd films whose applications meet the criteria." Interestingly, ‘Morning Raga’ would not be crossing swords with Amol Palekar 's Paheli -- India's official nominee in the Best Foreign Language Film category -- but has the unenviable task of taking on Hollywood biggies to secure a nomination in the Oscar 'Best Picture' category. The film would also be trying its luck in categories like Best Actress, Best Music and Best Director. The nominations for the 78th edition of the Academy Awards are scheduled to be announced on January 31 this year. The 5798 nomination ballots are currently with members of the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and they hold the key to the films, which will walk away with the honours at the official awards ceremony on March 5, 2006. The critically acclaimed ‘Morning Raga’, depicts the coming together of the modern and traditional forms of music. However, the film lost out to ‘Paheli’ -- Palekar's saga of a ghost who falls in love with a Rajasthani bride -- as India's official nomination for the Oscars. Related Perizaad Zorabian Shabana Azmi Morning Raga Amol Palekar Paheli | ALSO READ scoop ~ Terror fallout – Ayesha Takia postpones marriage, Tusshar Kapoor cancels party ~ Slumdog sweeps UK film awards ~ M F Hussain to paint a portrait of Katrina Kaif? ~ Kangana Ranaut wants to look sexy the natural way ~ Britney Spears back with her new album 'Circus' ~ MGR to return in an animation flick ~ Farhan Akhtar to act in a psychological thriller ~ Saif and Kareena to live in together ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Amitabh Bachchan turns down Bill Clinton's invite ~ Jethro Tull, Anoushka concert dedicated to Mumbai terror victims ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Sorry Bhai, Yuvvraaj, Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, EMI, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Rang Rasiya , Meerabai Not Out , Horn Ok Pleassss MUSIC Ghajini , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Chitrangada Singh | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Mandira Bedi | Shahana Goswami | Konkona Sen Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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