It was 1982 when Richard Attenborough made his seminal movie, Gandhi, which obtained essential and industrial acclaim, and an entire lot of awards, together with the Golden Globe for Greatest Overseas Language movie. After that in 1988, Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay made it to the ultimate 5, however was pipped to the highest spot by Billie August’s Pelle The Conqueror (Denmark). Then, in 2001, it was Mira Nair, who once more knocked on the doorways of the Golden Globes together with her Monsoon Marriage ceremony, which misplaced to Danis Tanovic’s movie, No Man’s Land. And in 2022, it was the 12 months of SS Rajamouli’s RRR, which missed out on the highest prize that was taken dwelling by Santiago Mitre’s Argentina, 1985. It has been 43 years since an Indian movie received a Golden Globe for Greatest Non-English function, and that might have modified with Payal Kapadia’s All We Think about As Gentle within the 2025 Golden Globes. Nevertheless, the movie misplaced the award to Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez.
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All We Think about As Gentle, which has been a favorite within the awards circuit throughout the globe has been profitable left, proper, and centre. Nevertheless, it was a extremely robust nomination pool as All We Think about As Gentle was competing with movies like Emilia Perez, The Woman With The Needle, I’m Nonetheless Right here, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, and Vermiglio. Nearly all of those movies got here to Golden Globes with a stellar report on the varied awards constituted throughout the globe.
Whereas the world appears to be celebrating All We Think about as Gentle at each given alternative, it confronted a serious heartburn again dwelling as a result of restricted theatrical launch, and Movie Federation of India’s choice to not ship the movie because the nation’s official submission to this 12 months’s Oscars. By the way, their selection of Laapataa Women didn’t make the ultimate shortlist.
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This win (recognition) is as an essential shot within the arm for filmmakers like Payal, and movies like All We Think about As Gentle, as a result of it opens new avenues for collaborative works, and an change of global-level abilities from the nation. Even All We Think about As Gentle is a co-production between France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Italy.
Starring Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Anand Sami, and Hridhu Haroon, All We Think about As Gentle is at the moment streaming on Disney + Hotstar, and has been receiving rave critiques for its delicate and poignant portrayal of working ladies within the bustling metropolitan metropolis of Mumbai,Golden Globe Awards 2025
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