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Deepa Mehta's film Water about the plight of widows in 1930s India has been shortlisted in the best foreign film category for the Oscars.However, India's official entry to the Oscars Rang De Basanti has lost out in the race for Best Foreign Film in the shortlist ahead of nominations for the category.
Directed by Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra, the critically acclaimed and commercially successful film has performances by Aamir Khan, Atul Kulkarni and Soha Ali Khan among others.Five years ago, another Aamir Khan starrer film Lagaan made it to the final five nominations for Oscar for best foreign film, but lost out to Bosnia's No Man's Land.Mehra’s film was one of the 61 entries vying for the coveted statuette in the Best Foreign Language Film category this year.
Deepa Mehta's Canadian film, which stars John Abraham and Lisa Ray, finds place in the list along with the acclaimed Black Book from the Netherlands and Volver from Spain, reports Variety.com.
Other films in the list are Days of Glory (Algeria), After the Wedding (Denmark), Avenue Montaigne (France), The Lives of Others (Germany), Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico) and Vitus (Switzerland).On Tuesday, January 23, the Academy will announce the final five nominees for Best Foreign Film Oscar, along with the other nominations.
The Oscar awards ceremony will be held on February 25.

SOURCE: Reuters