Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (India's official entry)

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The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (India's official entry) is the designation given each year to the film selected by India as its official submission to compete for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian film industry practice ⓘ
national film award submission process ⓘ
appliesToAward Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
categoryRenamedTo Best International Feature Film ⓘ
coordinatedBy Film Federation of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
currentAwardName Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
eligibilityScope feature-length films ⓘ
films produced outside the United States ⓘ
formerAwardName Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ⓘ
includesFilmsInLanguages Bengali ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
other Indian languages ⓘ
industryContext Bollywood ⓘ
linked to: Bollywood cinema

Indian regional cinema ⓘ
languageRequirement primarily non-English dialogue ⓘ
notableEarlySubmission Mother India ⓘ
notableEarlySubmissionYear 1957 ⓘ
notableNominatedSubmission Lagaan ⓘ
Mother India ⓘ
Salaam Bombay! ⓘ
notableNominatedSubmissionYear 1957 ⓘ
1988 ⓘ
2001 ⓘ
numberOfSubmissionsPerYear one film ⓘ
organizerCountry India ⓘ
purpose to select India’s official submission to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
relatedProcess final recommendation to the Academy ⓘ
national call for entries ⓘ
screening by selection committee ⓘ
renamingEffectiveFromCeremony 92nd Academy Awards ⓘ
renamingEffectiveFromYear 2020 ⓘ
selectionBody Film Federation of India ⓘ
selectionCriteria artistic merit ⓘ
international appeal ⓘ
technical quality ⓘ
selectionFrequency annual ⓘ
selectionMethod committee-based selection ⓘ
startDecade 1950s ⓘ
submissionDestination Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles ⓘ
submissionType official national submission ⓘ
targetAwardingBody Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
targetOrganization Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ

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Rang De Basanti → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (India's official entry) ⓘ
Zoya Akhtar → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (as director of Gully Boy, India’s submission) ⓘ
linked to: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (India's official entry)
Thevar Magan → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (India's official entry) ⓘ