The
97
Oscars
Award
Ceremony
is
reaching
us
soon,
and
the
list
of
nominations
is
about
to
be
announced
today.
While
most
people
expect
to
see
primarily
Hollywood
films
in
the
main
categories,
there
are
some
Indian
films
that
are
still
in
a
position
to
be
part
of
the
nominations
for
categories
like
‘Best
Picture’.
India
had
actually
already
sent
in
Kiran
Rao’s
‘Laapataa
Ladies’
as
their
official
entry
for
the
Oscars,
but
unfortunately
the
film
didn’t
make
the
cut
for
eligibility.
Many
other
Indian
movies,
however,
did
make
the
cut
and
maybe
we’ll
get
to
see
them
as
part
of
the
nominations
tonight.
Some
of
those
movies
are:

Girls
Will
Be
Girls

Directed
by
first
time
director
Shuchi
Talati,
‘Girls
Will
Be
Girls’
follows
the
story
of
an
18-year-old
female
student
named
Mira
who
studies
in
a
strict
boarding
school
nestled
in
the
Himalayan
foothills.
There,
she
learnt
about
aspects
of
growing
up
like
romance
and
falling
in
love,
but
is
also
confronted
by
her
controlling
mother
who
doesn’t
seem
to
understand
what
her
daughter
is
going
through.

Putul

Directed
by
Bengali
director
Indira
Dhar
Mukkherjee,
‘Putul’
follows
the
story
of
Sridebi,
a
homeless
woman
and
the
eldest
of
three
daughters
who
is
trying
to
survive
the
streets
of
Kolkata.
The
film
depicts
the
plights
of
the
homeless
in
India
and
the
struggles
they
face
like
abuse
by
the
public
and
criminal
trafficking.

All
We
Imagine
As
Light

Directed
by
Payal
Kapadia,
the
story
follows
several
women
and
their
own
personal
journeys
that
seem
to
intertwine
due
to
their
living
conditions.
Head-nurse
Prabha
is
courted
by
a
doctor
while
already
being
married
to
a
man
living
in
Germany.
Anu
tries
her
best
to
keep
her
romance
with
a
Muslim
man
a
secret
from
her
family.
Parvaty
finds
herself
dealing
with
a
sudden
eviction
from
her
apartment.

Aadujeevitham
(The
Goat
Life)

Directed
by
Blessy,
the
film
follows
the
story
of
an
Indian
man
who
goes
to
Saudi
Arabia
in
search
of
a
job.
In
his
quest
for
work,
however,
most
of
his
belongings
are
taken
from
him,
and
he
is
forced
to
work
as
a
goat
herder
without
pay.
The
film
is
based
on
a
real
life
story
and
documents
both
how
the
man
got
into
the
situation
and
how
he
got
out
of
it.