Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan’s latest release ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, which is a remake of the iconic Hollywood film ‘Forrest Gump’, got a thumbs up from The Academy.<\/p>\n
The official Twitter account of The Academy, which recognises excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences, shared a video compilation of snippets from ‘Forrest Gump’ and the Aamir Khan-starrer.<\/p>\n
A tweet from The Academy called the Bollywood film a “faithful Indian adaptation”.<\/p>\n
“Robert Zemeckis and Eric Roth’s sweeping story of a man who changes the world with kindness receives a faithful Indian adaptation in Advait Chandan and Atul Kulkarni’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ feat. Aamir Khan in the role made famous by Tom Hanks,” read the tweet.<\/p>\n
The Academy’s twitter handle also mentions the number of Oscars nominations ‘Forest Gump’ had.<\/p>\n
“1994’s ‘Forrest Gump’ was nominated for 13 Oscars including six wins for: ac Best Actor (Tom Hanks) ac Directing (Robert Zemeckis) ac Film Editing (Arthur Schmidt) ac Best Picture (Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, Producers) ac Adapted Screenplay (Eric Roth)”.<\/p>\n
Released on August 11, ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Naga Chaitanya and Mona Singh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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