How Indian films can crack the Oscar code?

i feel cinema and media has caliber which can make a turn in the society... do u remember the one song Vande Mataram live audio show is strong driven force for our independence.. if we are real with life and instead of disum dishum action or emotional drama... an oskar is not a big thing for us.. we have to show what we are..........(actual scenario)

so its all happen SLUMDOG MILLIONAIR  is all about Mumbai.....

I do not want to sound like sceptic...but there appears to be some kind of aprthied practiced in the elite club of Oscars....Gandhi got the Oscar becuase it was a film made by a foreinger....Bhanu got it as one of the oscar as token....SM is a good movie...but there was nothing great about it...ok...let me not judge the cinematic values or site some other great films made by Indians...but r v really sure that had SM not made by a foreigner, it would have gone this far? Rehman has done fantastic compositions before as well....let us not miss the entire jungle for a sheer tree..... 

let other cracks die for it.......we are here to appreciate movies......

n i dont know how many people might agree.... but there are par excellent movies made all over the world.....n few make it to oscars...these might be big awards....but for people its quality that matters n everyone knows awards can be bought or sold ... best example hardly any awards for a film like 'Wednesday'..... in filmfare.... whereas it was very close to how an avg.Indian thinks and feels...

So bottomline if we get it its fine if we dont then too its fine shudnt matter much to us.....

Indian artists too have qualities which matches the best.....

Jai ho.....

Just like we made it to the Oscars for "Slumdog", we can definitely do it again and again. The movies with the general masala and unrealisic themes and copying ideas from Hollywood  will not do, the basic theme needs to be original. Collaborations will no doubt strengthen our base, but a quality movie well made, will speak for itself.

Hi everyone, Thanks a lot for participating with your wonderful ideas & deep insights....!!!

According to me the film ( slumdog millionaire ) was wonderful. I am glad A R Rahman and Resul Pookutty have received the due acknowledgment. I appreciate what the film has done for India and our lesser-known technicians.

On the same time I feel how clueless our Indian filmmakers are when it comes to telling an entertaining story. Slumdog Millionaire is a good frame of reference for them.

What raises Slumdog Millionaire to the level of a classic is in its amazing portrayal of the wonder and chaos and injustice in India. The filthy slums, the abject poverty, the Hindu-Muslim violence, the Bollywood craze, cricket mania, Mumbai underworld, horrific exploitation of young children, the ‘new’ India rising over the demolished slums of Mumbai, police brutality, the call centers, inexplicable goodness in some souls, the packed commuter trains et al - nay, the very essence of India is distilled and captured with unusual verve and dexterity in the moving story of Slumdog Millionaire.

To crack an Oscar I think a film should have a fine amalgam of the tragic, the comic, the fatalistic and the anarchic elements of life. Even the less than compelling performances of that movie should not dim the luster. The power of the camera, the allure of the story and the depth of the screenplay. And of course, music should complement well !!!

what do you guys say ????

As far as my opinion is concernd...Our Indian movie is much better than others...But most of the directors instead of using their ideas copies story from hollywood.

If Slumdog Millionnaire had been made by Indian Director it would not have got so many Oscars...There have been Indian movies which are worth Oscars ...Lagaan, Page 3 , Dasvidaniya, etc

Populist cinema will never be entertained at Oscars'. The cinema that we make in India are basically emoition based and has values pertaining to our culture. Oscars is a platform where cinema based on authentic events with added creativity works better.

Content like Lagaan, was authentic and was also creative. Authentic content is driven with history and has already been substantiated so the creative liberties taken in producing such films are very low as compared to Reality cinema where the content is pertaining to an event of recent times. The Producers then think of taking creative liberties by taking the protagonists of the film abroad for a song sequence and thats the spoiler in such films.

Content driven cinema with authentic content is the way to go!

One factor which we failed is long story line and the  trends of  starting  with sorrow and  having a big THE END in happy tone makes Indian films more dramatic, unrealistic and fiction type. We need to come our of normal cinema making and try experimental films. We cannot  parted songs from  films, this is one disadvantage for making the  story longer.

Also we need to adapt the habit of copying western storyline.

Yash, the answer to this is not that simple. If you see this years Oscar nominations, the question arises that how did Slumdog... win in eight categories?

The Oscar panels view of awarding Slumdog.. was that the storyline was not depressing. Still, now in a story or a movie the expectation is that- alls well that ends well.Having said that, the Indian films have yet to do their home work on the story telling part with authenticity. They have mastered thetheatrics and the production value has increased, but they are lacking in original ideas.

With Indian cinema finally coming of age, I hope that we one day we get an Oscar for our films.

What do you say ??? How Indian films can crack the Oscar code?

According to me the subject or the theme of the movies from India should be universal by which globally the movie will be accepted and the trend has already started with Slumdog winning the top honors at the Oscars by which one can say that Hollywood is also evolving, like there are more number of foreign actors making entry into Hollywood, so it is evolving in its own way and this is positive sign for bollywood movies which will now have a wide audience, so if the Subject is universal then one can repeat the same as Slumdog millionaire....

Yes quite true as Mr. Anup has put up that subject being universal, but then as West is seeing India as the next big Global Investment juncture for everything, even the hollywood studios are collaborating with bollywood and producing movies, like Sony pictures produced Saanwariya, and Warner Brothers producing CC2C, and with Slumdog complete sweep at the oscars one can see many more such collaborations, which will help the whole Indian Film Industry or Bollywood to have a crack at the Oscar's.

Indian movies has a set of rules like there must be six songs 3-4 fights and all the family drama to garner audiences, if they are doing the same thing or applying the same plot and making the movie differently it is of no use, as this will be seen only by the Indian audience, So the mindset of film makers should change, they should stop the routine stuff, they should try things differently, the trend is actually changing with new directors with the new format of storytelling, like in the case of A Wednesday and Dev D which was totally out of this world according to me so if the movie has to crack at the oscars then one should stop the Routine and try out new things by keeping the global audience in mind.

It is no secret the oscar judges dont even watch all the entries.What you need is a big studios to to spend big bucks lobbying for the film and some trendwatching.Oscars have never been about quality.When movies like braveheart have won oscars, what quality are we talking about?This year there were better movies competing, but the climate was right for Slumdog.If Danny Boyle deserved an Oscar, it was for Trainspotting