yeah, and the most recent example, though, i guess, would be lagaan. lagaan, yeah. yes.indian films haven't been able to cut through on the global stage in terms of award recognition, despite having audiences all over the world? you must realise that when you are looking at the foreign language category, it's probably the toughest category at the oscars. it's tougher than best film, it's tougher than you know... because you're competing with the best film from each country. and, if i'm not mistaken, this year, there's about 80 films. so each country is sending their best film. so you're competing with 80 really good films, if you know what i mean. and so that competition is tougher — even to get nominated and be selected in the top five is huge for foreign language category. so i think, um... it's a tough competition, i guess, so it's... india has made really great films over the years. um, occasionally, it's a matter of the right film not getting sent or the best film not getting sent. but otherwise, we have to understand that the films that you're competing against, yo

good films like lagaan travelled.- like lagaan travelled. - like lagaan travelled. what would it mean for you to i like lagaan travelled. what l would it mean for you to win the oscar for would it mean for you to win the oscarfor india? i would it mean for you to win the oscar for india?- would it mean for you to win the oscar for india? i would be really happy. _ the oscar for india? i would be really happy. it _ the oscar for india? i would be really happy, it would - the oscar for india? i would be really happy, it would create . really happy, it would create enormous opportunity for the film to be seen by a lot more people because when a film wins an oscar or an academy award and people across the world want to see what it is like so it opens a huge window of opportunity for a larger audience for yourfilm opportunity for a larger audience for your film and then more importantly, indians are so film crazy and we've undying to win the academy award for an indian film which hasn't happened so the country will go ballistic, willjust go mad i

good films like lagaan travel. now, two decades later, he's eyeing the oscars again, with laapataa ladies — meaning "lost ladies" — india's official pick for the oscars, directed by his ex—wife, kiran rao. heavy clash exclaims in hindi i sat down with aamir khan to discuss his career, hopes for an oscar and his future plans. aamir khan, thank you for coming here. congratulations on laapata ladies, or known as lost ladies, being india's pick for the oscars. the film is about women empowerment, but there's a strong male character, a main character in the film too. so, as a man, why was it important to back a film looking at the fight against the patriarchy? well, ijust loved the story. when i read the script, i was a jury in a script competition, and this is one of the scripts that i read, and i really fell in love with it. i thought... it was, the film was saying such important things, but with so much heart. it was saying it with such humour. it was saying it with such poignancy. and the script really spoke to me,

and the most recent example, though, i guess, would be lagaan. lagaan, yeah.n terms of award recognition despite having audiences all over the world? when you're looking at the foreign—language category, it's probably the toughest category at the oscars. it's tougher than best film, it's tougher than, you know, because you're competing with the best film from each country. india has made really great films over the years. occasionally it's a matter of the right film not getting sent, or the best film not getting sent, but otherwise we have to understand that the films that you're competing against, you're not competing against five or six films, you're competing against almost 80 or 90 films which are the best in the world. each country's best film has been sent. and i feel that a film that is well—made doesn't — it travels. good films like lagaan travelled. what would it mean to you to win the oscar for india? i would be really happy, it would create tremendous opportunity for the film to be seen by a lot more people because when a film wins an oscar or an ac

a film that is well made, it travels, you know, good films like lagaan travel.he oscars, directed by his ex—wife, kiran rao. heavy clash. exclaims in hindi. i sat down with aamir khan to discuss his career, hopes for an oscar and his future plans. aamir khan, thank you for coming here. congratulations on laapata ladies, or known as lost ladies, being india's pick for the oscars. the film is about women empowerment, but there's a strong male character, a main character in the film too. so, as a man, why was it important to back a film looking at the fight against the patriarchy? well, ijust loved the story. when i read the script, i was a jury in a script competition,