New Delhi: An official release on the Oscars website claimed that Director Rupesh Paul’s ‘Kamasutra 3D’ is among the 300 odd films vying for an Oscars nomination. It is among the 289 ‘Feature Films In Contention For 2013 Best Picture Oscar’.
In order to be eligible for 86th Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days, according to the Academy rules.
A feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format, according to Academy rules.
Feature films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for Academy Awards in any category.
The announcement for the 86th Academy Awards nominations will made on January 16, 2014 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
‘Kamasutra 3D’ makes an entry in the contention list of the 86th Academy Awards in three categories – Best Motion Picture, Original Score and Original Song with 5 songs. It is the only movie from India contending in the music category. The results were announced on December 16, 2013 by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on its official website.
“Probably now we have an answer for all of them who claimed the movie to be a soft porn. Hopefully, they know that soft porns are not eligible for the Academy Award nominations,” stated Paul.
“When Rupesh Paul gave me the news for nomination I was very very happy. From the beginning I knew that this film will be big, so I was not highly surprised. It’s an honor for me to be part of such a prestigious project. When I was narrated the story, I had immediately said yes, so beautiful and powerful was the character. Although the name suggests erotica but its subject is way beyond that. My character of ‘Raja’ is very powerful and well learned man. He is envied and feared by other smaller kings. Now hoping and waiting for winning the laurels,” said Milind Gunaji, who is playing a pivotal character in the film.
Bureau Report
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