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)