{"id":12495,"date":"2016-02-17T12:48:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T12:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=12495"},"modified":"2016-02-23T14:55:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T14:55:08","slug":"oscar-nominations-2016-sanjays-super-team-and-amy-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/oscar-nominations-2016-sanjays-super-team-and-amy-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Nominations 2016 Include \u2018Amy\u2019 and \u2018Sanjay\u2019s Super Team\u2019 by Two NRIs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Though the Indian entries including the Marathi film <em>Court<\/em> for the 88<sup>th<\/sup> Academy Awards are out of the Oscar nominations 2016, India does still have a reason to rejoice.<\/strong> Two NRIs \u2013 one Indian-American animator and one Indo-British filmmaker \u2013 made their way to the shortlist of entries for Oscar 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Sanjay\u2019s Super Team<\/em>, animated short film by Indian American Sanjay Patel, and <em>Amy<\/em>, a documentary by Indo-British director Asif Kapadia, are among the Oscar nominations 2016<\/strong> in the Best Animated Short Film and the Best Documentary Feature categories respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Story-of-Sanjays-super-team-among-nominations-for-88th-Academy-Awards.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12501 size-full\" title=\"Story of Sanjay's Super Team among the nominations for 88th Academy Awards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Story-of-Sanjays-super-team-among-nominations-for-88th-Academy-Awards.jpg\" alt=\"oscar nominations 2016, sanjay's super team film, Amy documentary, NRI filmmakers, 88th Academy Awards \" width=\"650\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Sanjay\u2019s Super Team<\/em> is one of the stories of East vs West, India vs America, and tradition vs modernism<\/strong>, which Sanjay Patel tells through the portrayal of a young Indian American boy of the present generation. The story of <em>Sanjay\u2019s Super Team<\/em> is weaved around Sanjay Patel\u2019s personal experience of how his love for western pop culture clashed with his father\u2019s adherence to traditions. The cast of <em>Sanjay\u2019s Super Team<\/em> features non-white characters in the lead. It is the first short film to talk about the Hindu religion in an animated fashion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To say precisely, <strong><em>Sanjay\u2019s Super Team<\/em> among the Oscar nominations 2016 is a universal story of intergenerational differences, experienced by many <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/indian-american-sonika-vaid-in-american-idol-15th-season-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indian American<\/a><\/span> teens<\/strong> in the communities of immigrants from India. Sanjay as a young boy is fond of cartoons, while his father tries to pique his interest in age-old Hindu traditions. This conflict puts Sanjay on a voyage into a world of comics where he comes across mythological characters with superhero qualities. He brings them alive through comic illustrations which his father also connects with.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am glad to be on the list of nominations for 88<sup>th<\/sup> Academy Awards in the Best Animated Short Film category. <strong>My story is not only mine. It resonates with many immigrants in the United States.<\/strong> <em>Sanjay\u2019s Super Team<\/em> has a universal message under the surface,\u201d says Sanjay Patel with a beaming face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Among the Oscar nominations 2016 in the Best Documentary category, Asif Kapadia\u2019s <em>Amy<\/em> depicts the life and death of British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse<\/strong>. Released across the UK and the USA, <em>Amy-The Girl Behind the Name<\/em> has been acclaimed as the best documentary of the year and described as a tragic masterpiece. The film depicts Amy Winehouse\u2019s struggle both before and after her career reached its zenith in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Story-of-Amy-Winehouse-documentary-among-Oscars-Nominations-2016.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12503 size-full\" title=\"Indi-British filmmaker Asif Kapadia's 'Amy Winehouse' documentary among Oscars nominations 2016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Story-of-Amy-Winehouse-documentary-among-Oscars-Nominations-2016.jpg\" alt=\"Oscar nominations 2016, sanjay's super team film, Amy documentary, NRI filmmakers, 88th Academy Awards \" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Amy<\/em> earned Asif Kapadia a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 and won the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/filmmaker-asif-kapadia-documentary-amy-winehouse-wins-bafta\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Documentary title at BAFTA Awards 2016<\/a><\/span>. <\/strong>It became the second highest grossing documentary of all time in the UK. <em>Amy<\/em> will compete with <em>Cartel Land, What Happened, The Look of Silence, <\/em>and<em> Winter on Fire: Ukraine\u2019s Fight for Freedom<\/em> among the nominations for 88<sup>th<\/sup> Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of all NRI filmmakers, Asif Kapadia is a favorite of the Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom.<strong> His directorial debut <em>The Warrior<\/em> was filmed in the vast <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/spiti-valley-in-himachal-pradesh\/\" target=\"_blank\">Himalayas<\/a><\/span> and the arid desserts of <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/gypsy-of-rajasthan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rajasthan<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong> His documentary films including <em>The Warrior, Far North<\/em> and <em>Senna<\/em> have won awards at several international film festivals across the globe. Asif Kapadia is hopeful about <em>Amy\u2019s<\/em> success in Oscars 2016.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Indians rejoiced in the success of Danny Boyle\u2019s <em>Slumdog Millionaire<\/em> at Oscars 2009, the nomination of \u2018Sanjay\u2019s Super Team\u2019 and \u2018Amy\u2019 among the finalists for Oscars 2016 should be a thing of joy for Indians. &#8211; <strong>IndianEagle<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Travel Beats<\/span>\u00a0is a culture and entertainment portal for Indian diaspora by IndianEagle, a leading international\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/\">US-India travel<\/a>\u00a0organization. It publishes interesting stories of India, USA, Canada, NRIs, aviation and tourist places.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though the Indian entries including the Marathi film Court for the 88th Academy Awards are out of the Oscar nominations 2016, India does still have a reason to rejoice. Two NRIs \u2013 one Indian-American animator and one Indo-British filmmaker \u2013 made their way to the shortlist of entries for Oscar 2016. 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