Lagaan nominated for Oscars

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">los angeles: aamir khan''s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">lagaan</span> was tuesday nominated as one of the best non english-language films for this year''s oscars. indiatimes was the media partner of the movie.</div> <div align="left" style="position:relative; left: 0"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="0" width="26.1%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" middle="" background-color:="" ababab=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" class="whitehead">read this story in...</span></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" white=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="C://images//spacer.gif" alt="C://images//spacer.gif" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" white=""> <div class="Normal"> <img src="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//bullet.gif" alt="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//bullet.gif" border="0" /> <br /><a href="http://www.navbharattimes.com/articleshow.asp?articleid=785998" target="_blank">hindi</a><br /><br /><br /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal">france''s subtle comedy <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">amelie</span>, and bosnia''s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">no man''s land</span> were also nominated as best non english-language film for this year''s oscars.<br /><br /><center><img height="98" width="150" src="-00.jpg" alt="-00.jpg" border="0" /></center><br />also vying for the coveted prize were norway''s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">elling</span> and argentina''s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">son of the bride</span>. leading the oscar nominations is the fantasy epic <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring</span> with 13 nominations, including best picture, director and supporting actor. other best-picture nominees were <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">a beautiful mind</span>, a dramatization of math genius john nash''s struggle with schizophrenia; the class-war satire and murder mystery <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">gosford park</span>; <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">in the bedroom</span>, a low-budget tale of family tragedy and vengeance; and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">moulin rouge</span>, a tragicomic musical set in 1899 paris. <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">a beautiful mind</span> and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">moulin rouge</span> were tied for second place with eight nominations each, including acting nominations for <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">moulin rouge</span>''s nicole kidman and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">a beautiful mind</span>''s russell crowe and jennifer connelly. the film with the most nominations often wins best picture come oscar night. but many of the nominations for <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">lord of the rings</span> were for technical achievements such as visual effects, sound, costume design and editing. a sprawling fantasy adventure has never won top oscar honors, so <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">lord of the rings</span> could come away with the most trophies while missing out on best picture. <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">related stories:</span> <br /><img src="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//ticker.gif" alt="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//ticker.gif" border="0" /> <a href="articleshow.asp?art_id=792172">one way to go for aamir: the oscars</a><br /><img src="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//ticker.gif" alt="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//ticker.gif" border="0" /> <a href="articleshow.asp?art_id=784191">74th annual academy awards nominations</a><br /><img src="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//ticker.gif" alt="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//ticker.gif" border="0" /> <a href="articleshow.asp?art_id=1878751829">interview with aamir khan</a><br /><img src="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//ticker.gif" alt="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//ticker.gif" border="0" /> <a href="articleshow.asp?art_id=1945067517">lagaan: now a comic!</a><br /><img src="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//redbull.gif" alt="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//redbull.gif" border="0" /> <a href="http://lagaan.indiatimes.com" target="_blank">exclusive lagaan microsite</a><br /><img src="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//redbull.gif" alt="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//redbull.gif" border="0" /> <a href="http://planetm.indiatimes.com/music/planetmmusicsearch.jsp?keyword=lagaan&search=album" target="_blank">buy lagaan''s music online</a><br /><img src="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//redbull.gif" alt="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//redbull.gif" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.thetimesofindia.online/showpoll.asp?pollid=787349" target="ntwindow">will lagaan win an oscar? cast your vote</a><br /><img src="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//redbull.gif" alt="C://DOCUME~1//ADMINI~1//LOCALS~1//Temp//cms_files//781338-open//images//redbull.gif" border="0" /> <a href="http://clubs.indiatimes.com/iclubs/gc/toi-gcgroup20.jsp?groupcode=2240&catname=arts,+entertainment&subcatname=bollywood&groupname=lagaan&subcatcode=373&catcode=6&usrid=null&flnm=null&hmpg_url=null" target="_blank">join the lagaan fan club</a> </div> </div>