[Mumbai]Marathi Manus Amol Palekar To Select Official Entry For 88th Academy Awards.He is appointed chairman of India’s Oscar jury.The “Rajnigandha”+”Gol Maal” star whose film “Paheli” was India’s official entry for the Academy Awards in 2005, will be heading the 17-member jury.
He is To Select Official Entry in Best Foreign Film Category For 88th Academy Awards.This awards event will take place in Los Angeles on February 28.
Veteran Indian actor-director Amol Palekar has been appointed as chairman of India’s Oscar jury, which will select the country’s official entry in the best foreign film category of the 88th Academy Awards.
The Mumbai-based actor, who has been away from the silver screen for quite a sometime, is known for portraying the middle-class Indian in a string of films such as “Rajnigandha”, “Ek Chhoti Si Baat”, “Chitchor”, “Gol Maal” and “Gharaunda” in the 1970s. He also directed National Award-winning films like “Dhyaas Parva” and “Quest”.
Last year, “Liar’s Dice”, a road drama starring Geetanjali Thapa and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles, was selected as India’s official entry to the best foreign film category after beating “Shahid”, “Queen”, “Mardaani”, Marathi films “Yellow” and “Fandry” and Bengali films “Jatishwar” and “Apur Panchali”
“Mother India” and “Salaam Bombay” are the only other two Indian films to have made it to the top five.