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Amir’s Taare Zameen Par, has selected for the Oscars 2009. But another Indian film Tingya will appear in the Oscars. Tingya is a Marathi film that has lost Oscars race from Taare Zameen Par by close inch. Even producer Ravi Rai and his production company Small Town Boy Productions has decided to send Tingya for the Oscars 2009 independently. Marathi film Tingya is produced by Ravi Rai and directed by Mangesh Hadawale. It is an emotional story based on love of a boy and a bull.

Tingya has won several nationally and internationally awards still now and in row of the Oscars award. The director of Tingya, Mangesh Hadawale said that Rai is the 41st producer who showed faith in my story and decided to finance the film. He further expresses his unhappy about Tingya being surpass. “Taare Zameen Par is a good movie but my film has won more awards than TZP in both national and international festivals as well as has been appreciated by foreign juries. So my film should have selected for Oscars”. He added.

Aamir’s Taare Zameen Par and Ravi Rai’s Tingya were in close competition for Oscars award. But Taare Zameen Par beat Tingya on the basis of technical finesse.
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Aamir Khan’s ‘Taare Zameen Par’ movie is India’s entry to the Oscars 2009. It is the second time when Amir’s movie has selected for Oscars. Before it ‘Lagaan’ also has nominated for Oscars and has reached last five movies. ‘Stars on earth’ or ‘Taare Zameen Par’ is sensitive story of an eight-year-old dyslexic child. Actually Taare Zameen Par is the movie of relationship of a boy struggling to come to learning disorder and his teacher.

Bollywood’s perfect man and prominent actor Aamir Khan has directed this movie along with playing role of a teacher. PVR Pictures and Aamir Khan Productions jointly produced ‘Taare Zameen Par’. Darsheel Safary is in role of an eight-year-old dyslexic child in the movie.

The head of the film federation of India jury, filmmaker Suneel Darshan has announcement that ‘Taare Zameen Par’ is India’s entry to the Oscars 2009. The Oscars award ceremony will be held on February 22, 2009. He said that remaining movies also were extremely good; therefore it was not easy to choose the best one. But ‘Taare Zameen Par’ is based on universal theme therefore committee selected ‘‘Stars on earth’ for Oscars. Other films which were in row of Oscars are Marathi films Valu and Tingya, Neeraj Pandey’s A Wednesday, Mumbai Meri Jaan, Subhash Ghai’s  Black and Whit,e, Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Jodhaa Akbar and  Telugu film Ghanyam.
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