Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 'Eklavya - The Royal Guard', India's entry to the Oscars, has failed to make it to the nine top movies in contention for the prestigious award in foreign-language film category. The movie, starring three top stars including the Big B, Saif Ali Khan and the new emerging Vidya Balan, was among 63 entries from various countries but could not make it to the first shortlist. The movie, which also stars Saif Ali Khan, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan and Jackie Shroff, marked Vidhu's Chopra's return to directing after seven years. In the running for the five final nominations are Austria's 'The Counterfeiters', Canada's 'Days of Darkness', Israel's 'Beaufort', Italy's 'The Unknown Woman', Kazakhstan's 'Mongol', Poland's 'Katyn', Russia's '12', Brazil's 'The Year My Parents Went on Vacation' and Serbia's 'The Trap'.
This is to recall that Chopra's 'Eklavya had created a controversy back home in September last year when it was chosen as India's official entry for the prestigious award in the Best Foreign Film category. Many celebrities from Bollywood had openly expressed their disappointment at the film's selection by the Film Federation of India(FFI)
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