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        'Black' Day in History!

        Beautiful night for Howard

        Lagaan in No Man's Land

        Redford for Lifetime!

        To Sidney, With Love

        Jennifer Connelly scores

        A Broadbent deal

  >> Nominees
        Best Actor

        Best Actress

        Best Supporting Actor

        Best Supporting Actress

        Best Director

        Best Film

        Best Animated Film

  >> Post Oscars Chat
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  >> Rediff Predicts

  >> Oscars Website

  >> Looking Back
        Oscars 2001

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The 74th Annual Academy Awards is special.

For the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, this is the first time in Oscar history that two African American artistes have been hailed as Best Actors in the same year. Denzel Washington's tough cop in Training Day saved the day while Halle Berry packed a strong punch as an aggressive widow in Monster's Ball.

Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind tasted success as Best Picture as well as won an award for Best Direction. Special Awards were given to Arthur Hiller (Love Story), and Robert Redford, who won a Lifetime mention.

For India, it is a sombre moment. Ashutosh Gowariker and Aamir Khan, the driving forces of one of the biggest hits of 2001, Lagaan, lost out to Bosnia's No Man's Land. The director, in a call to his father, asked him not to take the loss to heart, and that winning an Oscar nomination itself was enough.

Showman Subhash Ghai echoed Ashutosh's long-distance thought when he said, "The fact that they [the Academy] are now coming to watch Indian cinema is a proud moment for us."

Meanwhile, Rediff.com catches all the Oscar action:

  >> The Award Goes To
    --'Black' Day in History!

    --Beautiful night for Howard

    --Lagaan in No Man's Land

    --Redford for Lifetime!

    --To Sidney, With Love

    --Jennifer Connelly scores

    --A Broadbent deal

    --Red carpet responses

  >> LA Confidential!
    --The show must go on

    --And the Oscar went to...

    --Did Lagaan really lose?

    --Aamir: We will win one day

    --Ashu: Dad, it's ok

    --'He lost to a worthy winner'

    --Tahir, on Aamir's near miss

    --Ashu was positive about Bosnia

    --Don't lose heart Aamir, Ashu!

>> Interviews
     Aamir: Lagaan is time-consuming!

      Ashutosh, exclusive!

      'Lagaan has to win!'

      Lagaan's Elizabeth testing waters

>> In The News
      'Thank you Aamir, my crew, India'

      'I have sent my son to win'

      Aamir's XI party in Mumbai

      Tarun, Shahab or Jon for Aamir?

      An Oscar for Aamir?

      The land that made Lagaan

      Sunita to wear Abu-Sandeep

      Sherwani for Ashutosh

>> Lagaan on Rediff
      On the Oscar trail

      Online Guide to Oscars 2002

Was No Man's Land the right choice for an Oscar?
  Yes
  No
  Can't say

               


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