Here is another film success story and this time it is more relevant to us Sri Lankans, so celebration is called for; any optimistic silver lining being welcome in these dark days of fear of infection. I speak of the release, attracting the world’s art and film attention, of Shyam Selvadorai’s early, acclaimed 1994 autobiographical novel ‘Funny Boy’ which won the Books in Canada First Novel Award. Direction is by famed, many awards winning Indian Canadian Deepa Mehta who is familiar with Sri Lanka having filmed the second of her elements trilogy ‘Water’ with a few Sri Lankan actors and discovering a fine child to play the pivotal role of the very young widow in the story. She had to shift to our country due to protests in India and even the burning of the sets that had been erected for filming. Producers are her husband, David Hamilton and Howard Shore. Filming was on location in Sri Lanka in 2020, completed around October. Shyam wrote the film script and many of the acto
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Deepa Mehta s Funny Boy rejected as Canada’s official entry to the Oscars
Deepa Mehta s Funny Boy rejected as Canada’s official entry to the Oscars
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy, which was Canada’s submission to Oscars in the International Film category has been rejected by the Academy. The reason is that it contains too much English dialogue.
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Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy was Canada’s Oscar entry in International Feature Film category.
Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy was Canada’s official entry for the 93rd Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. Featuring Brandon Ingram, Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi and Arush Nand, the film is based on Shyam Selvadurai’s best-selling novel of the same name. However, it has been rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (AMPAS).