Gujarati film "The Good Road" beats Lunchbox to be India’s Oscar entry

       Surprising and shocking many in Bollywood, The National Film Development Corporation of India’s (NFDC) Debut feature filmmaker Gyan Correa's Gujarati film "The Good Road" has been chosen to represent India in the best foreign film category at the Academy Awards. It is said to be the first Gujarati film to have made it."It was a unanimous decision to select 'The Good Road', which is a movie produced by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)," renowned filmmaker Goutam Ghose, who headed the selection committee appointed by the Film Federation of India (FFI), The overjoyed director had no idea that his film was in the running for the Oscars and was surprised to know it had been selected as India’s entry this year. “I can’t believe it. It is a great feeling and I am recovering my breath and understanding the implications. I hope we win,” said Correa

The dark and gritty film revolves around three people discovering themselves while on a road trip through Kutch Even the film’s star Ajay Gehi was caught unawares. “I’m surprised as I didn’t know. You (HT) are the first one to tell me. It wasn’t a big budget commercial film but the team was very driven. I connected with the script.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi tweeted his congratulations to the cast and crew, “Delighted to know that Gujarati film ‘The Good Road’ has been chosen to represent India at Oscars. My best wishes.”
     
    Irrfan-starrer "The Lunchbox", which released Friday, was said to be a front-runner for the Oscar, but the movie couldn't make it.