Harishchandrachi Factory out of oscar race

Harishchandrachi Factory", India's entry to the Oscars, has failed to make the shortlist in the Foreign Language Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards. The Marathi film, that chronicles the making of India's first feature-length movie in 1913, did not find a place this week in the list of nine films shortlisted in the category. Director Paresh Mokashi said he wasn't disappointed. "All day people have been calling me to offer condolences, as if someone has died. There is no disappointment in me at all," he said. Mokashi said rejection at the Oscars would make no difference to the film's chances when "Harishchandrachi Factory" opens in Indian cinemas on Jan. 29. "My film is still a good film, but everyone has different likes and dislikes. Our tastes and the Academy's tastes don't match, that's all," Mokashi said.

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