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"Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra&amp;#039;s Barfi! is out of the Oscar race. The project had been selected as India&amp;#039;s official submission for the Academy Award in the &amp;#039;Best Foreign Language Film&amp;#039; category.  &amp;quot;Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the &amp;#039;Foreign Language Film&amp;#039; category for the 85th Academy Awards. Seventy-one films had originally qualified in the category,&amp;quot; confirmed an Oscars press release.  The Anurag Basu-directed project had been seen as a controversial choice for inclusion as a number of scenes in the movie took inspiration from earlier films. Kahani, Paan Singh Tomar and Gangs of Wasseypur were seen by many as strong contenders to represent India at the ceremony. Barfi! won praise for its on-screen representation of differently-abled characters. Set in 1972, 1978 and the present day, the production was largely filmed in Darjeeling. &amp;gt; Read our Ranbir Kapoor interview here Watch a trailer for Barfi! below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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