mother india was nominated in the best foreign film category at the oscars but lost to nights of cabiria director and filmwriter.
mother india was nominated in the best foreign film category at the oscars but lost to nights of cabiria director and filmwriter.
nominated in the best foreign film category at the oscars mother india lost to what director and filmwriter?
nights of cabiria
"mother india", its star nargis, and the director khan received many awards and nominations. nargis won the filmfare best actress award in 1958 and became the first indian to receive the best actress award at the karlovy vary international film festival in present-day czech republic. "mother india" won the filmfare award for best film and scooped several other filmfare awards including best director for khan, best cinematographer for faredoon irani, and best sound for r. kaushik. in 1958, the film became india's first submission for the academy award for best foreign language film and was chosen as one of the five nominations for the category. the international version, 120 minutes long, was sent for the oscars. additionally, this version had english subtitles, and dropped mehboob productions' logo, which featured the communist hammer and sickle, to appease the academy. the 120-minute version was later distributed in the us and uk by columbia pictures. the film came close to winning the academy award, but lost to federico fellini's "nights of cabiria" by a single vote. khan was utterly disappointed at not winning the award. "he had seen the other films in the fray and believed "mother india" was far superior to them" recalled sunil dutt years later. it also won two awards at the 5th national film awards in 1957: an all india certificate of merit for best feature film and certificate of merit for best feature film in hindi.
mother india
the previous year's winner bosnia & herzegovina did not submit a film.









































the brazilian submission, "city of god" was considered as one of the favorites, but it did not receive a nomination in the best foreign film category. when the film was released the following year in the us, it garnered nominations in four mainstream categories including best screenplay and best director. if the film "had" been nominated in the best foreign film category, it would have been ineligible for awards the following year because films cannot receive oscar nominations in two different ceremonies.
list of submissions to the 75th academy awards for best foreign language film