However, the Acadmy asked to submit another film since AMPAS rules stated that all films had to be in a language indigenous to the submitting country. The Warrior was not acceptable, AMPAS argued, because Hindi was not a language indigenous to the United Kingdom, and the film was not about, nor set among British people.
The Academy requested another film due to AMPAS rules requiring films submitted to be in a native language of the country submitting them. The Warrior was rejected because it wasn't filmed in an indigenous language of the United Kingdom, and it didn't focus on or take place among British people.