Liar’s Dice, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Geetanjali Thapa is an official indian entry for oscar this year.
Liar’s Dice is a story about kamala(gitanjali thapa) who leaves in a village near simla.
Kamala comes to delhi with her daughter and pet got in search of her missing husband. She is in trouble and meets nawajuddin and what happens next is the story of film.
As usuall the film is not released officially in theaters but showed in film festivals. The film won two National Awards this year – Best Actress for Geetanjali Thapa and Best Cinematography.
Liar’s Dice has been seen in film festivals such as faraway Sundance and It was screened at last year’s Mumbai Film Festival and was very appreciated.
After lagaan this years oscar selection was tough for ffi as there are very much entries for oscar but the Liar’s Dice beat them all like queen , mardani , marathi film yellow .
Full cast and crew of Liar’s Dice film,
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| Nawazuddin Siddiqui | … | Nawazuddin |
| Geetanjali | … | Kamala (as Geetanjali Thapa) |
| Manya Gupta | … | Manya |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: |
| Vikram Bhagra | … | Hotel Owner |
| Murari Kumar | … | Hotel Boy |
Alan McAlex | … | producer |
Geethu Mohandas | … | co-producer |
Ajay Rai | … | producer |
Rajeev Ravi | … | co-producer |
Navmeet Singh | … | line producer |
Vishesh Agrawal | … | post-production supervisor / production executive |
Hemant Kumar Dixit | … | production manager |
Ashhar Haque | … | first assistant director |
Mukesh Sharma | … | second assistant director |
Tony Babu | … | sound effects editor |
Rajesh Sawant | … | boom operator |
Mohandas V.P. | … | sound designer |
Balakrishna P. Subaiah | … | visual effects supervisor |
Jayadev Tiruveaipati | … | DI COLOURIST |
Jayesh Nair | … | second assistant camera |
Sudeesh Nair | … | first assistant camera |
Jeetu Sharma | … | camera attendant |
Mahidhar Thota | … | focus puller |
Prabhakar Kamble | … | costume supervisor |
Siddhant Chavan | … | production assistant (uncredited) |
Rakesh Bhagwani | … | thanks |
Mukesh Chhabra | … | thanks |
Noel Finance | … | thanks |
Stanzin Jordan | … | thanks |
Harish Khanna | … | thanks |
Dev Makhija | … | thanks |
Rajesh Thakur Negi | … | thanks |
Himachal Pradesh | … | special thanks |
Rahul Shanklya | … | thanks |
Sonam Stobgais | … | thanks |
Four Indians have won individual Oscars – Bhanu Athaiya, Best Costume Design for Gandhi; Resul Pookutty, Best Sound Mixing for Slumdog Millionaire; A R Rahman, Best Original Score for Slumdog Milllionaire; and A R Rahman and Gulzar, Best Original Song for Slumdog’s Jai Ho.
Legendary director Satyajit Ray received an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement.