India's first official entry at the oscars?
The Film Federation of India (FFI) appoints a committee to choose one film among those released that year to be submitted as India's official entry to the Academy for a nomination for "Best Foreign Language Film" the following year. The chosen films, along with their English subtitles, are sent to the Academy, where they are screened for the jury. The 1957 Hindi film "Mother India" was India's first submission. The film made it to the final shortlist and was nominated alongside four other films in the category. It came close to winning the Academy Award but lost to "Nights of Cabiria" by a single vote. Since 1984, India has not submitted a film on only one occasion; in 2003, the FFI controversially chose not make an entry as they felt no film would be in a position to compete with films from other nations. , only three Indian films—"Mother India" (1957), "Salaam Bombay!" (1988) and "Lagaan" (2001)—have been nominated for the award. In 2011, the jury of the 58th National Film Awards made a recommendation that the Best Film winners at the annual National Film Awards be chosen as the official entry. However, except for the 88th Academy Awards, none of the Best Film (National Film Awards) winning film was submitted by India over the years.
What was the year of India's first official entry at the oscars?
1957
List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best ...
The Film Federation of India (FFI) appoints a committee to choose one film among those released that year to be submitted as India's official entry to the Academy for a nomination for "Best Foreign Language Film" the following year. The chosen films, along with their English subtitles, are sent to the Academy, where they are screened for the jury. The 1957 Hindi film "Mother India" was India's first submission. The film made it to the final shortlist and was nominated alongside four other films in the category. It came close to winning the Academy Award but lost to "Nights of Cabiria" by a single vote. Since 1984, India has not submitted a film on only one occasion; in 2003, the FFI controversially chose not make an entry as they felt no film would be in a position to compete with films from other nations. , only three Indian films—"Mother India" (1957), "Salaam Bombay!" (1988) and "Lagaan" (2001)—have been nominated for the award. In 2011, the jury of the 58th National Film Awards made a recommendation that the Best Film winners at the annual National Film Awards be chosen as the official entry. However, except for the 88th Academy Awards, none of the Best Film (National Film Awards) winning film was submitted by India over the years.
What film was India's first official entry at the oscars?
Mother India
List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best ...
List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars,[1] are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. 
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The 1957 Hindi film "Mother India" was India's first film submission to the Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars. 