The Margaret Herrick Library, commonly known as The Oscar Library, is a globally acclaimed research collection dedicated to the history and evolution of the art and industry of filmmaking. This library was established in 1928 in the beautiful Beverly Hills. The library is open to the public, catering to students, scholars, and industry experts who have an interest in exploring the world of cinema.
Over the years, scripts of several movies across the globe have made it to the library and Indian cinema stands tall as a major contributor.
The most recent one to make it to the list, this Vivek Agnihotri directorial was recently released in theatres and explores India¡¯s struggle-filled journey of creating the Covid-19 vaccine. The movie stars Nana Patekar in lead followed by prominent actors like Pallavi Joshi, Sapthami Gowda, Anupam Kher and Girija Oak.
Directed by Prabhu Deva, this movie starred Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Sonu Sood in prominent roles. This romantic actioner received mixed-to-negative reviews from both critics and audiences but ended up grossing over Rs 100 crores globally becoming a commercial success.
This science fiction romantic comedy from 2010 had an ensemble cast of actors like Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Kirron Kher, Neha Dhupia, Om Puri and Rajpal Yadav. The movie wasn¡¯t a commercial success yet made it to the Oscars library.
This 2008 musical drama marked Farhan Akhtar and Prachi Desai¡¯s successful debut in Bollywood. The commercially successful movie also starred Arjun Rampal, Luke Kenny and Purab Koli. This Abhishek Kapoor film also arrived with a sequel but fell to the fate of failure.
This grand action comedy made it to the archives of the Oscars Library after entertaining a great number of audiences globally. Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah and Jackie Shroff, the Farah Khan directorial earned close to Rs 400 crore globally.
This romantic comedy starred Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta together and was directed by Siddharth Anand. The movie became 2005¡¯s fourth-highest-grossing film in India and India¡¯s biggest hit overseas. Fun fact - This was the first Indian film to be entirely filmed in Australia.
Directed and produced by Subhash Ghai, this 2008 movie miserably tanked at the box office. Starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor and Boman Irani, the music track of this film was composed by AR Rahman and was largely loved by everyone.
This political drama helmed by Prakash Jha suffered a series of controversies during its release because of its sensitive subject. However, the movie went on to shine brightly from all the criticism and became a commercial success. This 2008 thriller starred Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Ajay Devgn among the leads.
This action Spy film by Neeraj Pandey also earned a spot at the coveted library. This 2015 flick had a promising cast of Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Rana Daggubati, Danny Denzongpa, Taapsee Pannu, Kay Kay Menon, Mikaal Zulfiqar, Madhurima Tuli and Rasheed Naz. It was commercially successful.
You¡¯ll be shocked to know that any and every film can find a place at the Oscars library. A movie just has to fill out a simple form and through that, any script sent gets in. Open Magazine details, ¡°Getting ¡®invited¡¯ is not an honour either. Any movie released in Los Angeles, hit or flop, well made or otherwise, is automatically invited.¡±
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¡°But then, Bollywood is an endless con, and where there¡¯s a con, there¡¯s a sucker. The Oscar library is one of its more blatant plays, and the sucker is usually the reader, or watcher, or whoever else equally impressionable.¡± Understand this simply, that the job of the library is to collect as much as a database they can so that¡¯s how anyone can find a place there.
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