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It was a big disappointment for India as India’s chance of winning Oscar this year received a set back. Aamir’s Taare Zameen Par could not get pass the initial round of screening of nominees for the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Out of the sixty-five films that had originally qualified in the category, nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the category for the 81st Academy Awards. Unfortunately for India, these nine names do not include Aamir Khan’s Taare Zameen Par.

The nine films selected for second round of screening are:

Movie: Revanche
Director: Götz Spielmann
Country: Austria

Movie: The Necessities of Life
Director: Benoit Pilon
Country: Canada

Movie: The Class
Director: Laurent Cantet
Country: France

Movie: The Baader Meinhof Complex
Director: Uli Edel
Country: Germany

Movie: Waltz with Bashir
Director: Ari Folman
Country: Israel

Movie: Departures
Director: Yojiro Takita
Country: Japan

Movie: Tear This Heart Out
Director: Roberto Sneider
Country: Mexico

Movie: Everlasting Moments
Director: Jan Troell
Country: Sweden

Movie: 3 Monkeys
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Country: Turkey

These will be further narrowed down to top 5 films for ultimate decision on February 22, 2009, when the academy awards will be presented.

Taare Zameen Par is story about a dyslexic kid and his struggle with day to day happenings around him. The movie was a huge hit in India and was highly anticipated of bringing Oscars to India. Taare Zameen Par was selected over the other in the race from India – Marathi films Valu and Tingya, Nishikant Kamat’s Mumbai Meri Jaan, Neeraj Pandey’s A Wednesday, Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Jodhaa Akbar, Abhishek Kapoor’s Rock On, Subhash Ghai’s Black and White and the Telugu film Ghanyam