India throws “Liar’s Dice” in foreign Oscars raceSeptember 23, 2014 - 13:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Actress turned director Geethu Mohandas’ “Liar’s Dice” is India’s entry in the Academy Awards foreign language category, the Film Federation of India (FFI) announced on Tuesday, Sept 23, according to Variety. The film follows a young woman (Geetanjali Thapa) who takes a long road trip from the Himalayan foothills to Delhi with her infant daughter and a pet goat to find her missing husband. An army deserter, played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui, helps her in her quest. “Liar’s Dice” has enjoyed considerable festival play including Sundance, Rotterdam and Edinburgh. It won best actress for Thapa, and best cinematography for Rajeev Ravi at India’s National Awards. This year there were 30 films in contention. Producers could apply to the FFI by paying a fee of INR 50,000 ($820). India has been submitting films to the category since 1957. Three, “Mother India,” “Salaam Bombay” and “Lagaan” have been nominated, but did not go on to win. Related links: Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |