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Oscars 2019 Nominations: Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma“, a memoir of his childhood in 1970s while living in Mexico, and Olivia Colman’s period drama “The Favourite“, are in a tie with 10 nominations each for the 91st Academy Awards, where an India-set drama on menstruation, apart from three films backed by Reliance Entertainment, will contend for Oscars — lending a touch of diversity to the line-up.

Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross on Tuesday announced the nominations for the Oscars on behalf of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Even though India’s official entry for the Oscars, Rima Das’ Assamese film “Village Rockstars“, failed to make it to the initial shortlist, “Period. End of Sentence“, an India set film on the taboos around menstruation and featuring the real ‘Pad Man‘ Arunachalam Muruganathan, has made it to the top five nominees of the Documentary Short Subject category.

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Other nominees in the section include “Black Sheep”, “End Game”, “Lifeboat” and “A Night At The Garden”.

Ecstatic about making the cut, Indian producer Guneet Monga, who backed the project, told IANS: “We made it… It is beyond everything we thought.”

Three films — “Green Book”, “First Man” and “Ready Player One” — backed by Anil Ambani-led Reliance Entertainment, have scored a total of 10 Oscar nominations.

“Green Book” finds a spot in five categories, “First Man” has got four and “Ready Player One” features in one category for the awards show, which will be held on February 24 and will air in India on Star Movies.

“It is exciting news and truly says a lot about how a compelling story always works. We are extremely proud to be associated with these films and we hope for the best,” Shibashish Sarkar, Chief Operating Officer, Reliance Entertainment, told IANS.