From Slumdog to Pinki, itÂ´s flavour India at Oscars

From Slumdog to Pinki, itÂ´s flavour India at Oscars
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New Delhi, Feb 19 (PTI) From a Mumbai tea boy's journey to fame and fortune in "Slumdog Millionaire" to a UP girl's story of overcoming the social stigma of a cleft-lip in "Smile Pinki", stories from India are the flavour of the Oscars this year. While the debate continues whether "Slumdog Millionaire" should be considered an Indian film or not, expectations are high over A R Rahman winning an Oscar.

The musician has earned three nominations under the Best Original Score and Best Original Song for 'Jai Ho' and 'O Saya'.

Indian sound technician Resul Pookutty, who has already bagged a BAFTA, is also in the race to bring home a award in the Sound Mixing category, where he is nominated along with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for "Slumdog Millionaire".

Short documentary "Smile Pinki" is a 40-minute documentary on the life of a Pinki, an eight-year-old girl from the rural part of Mirzapur. She can not smile due to her cleft-lip and is teased as "othkatti'(the one with a cut lip) but a simple surgery with the help of social workers changes her life.

"The Final Inch", which is nominated in the same category, documents the struggle of polio field workers as they travel from village to village to administer polio drops under the polio eradication programme of India

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