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Summary Anurag Basu reveals Barfi team may take Aamir Khan's help in Oscar campaign for the film.
Basu, who is leaving the entire Oscar strategy to UTV, his producers, said: Theyve more experience in the matter. This is my first film thats going to the Oscars, so I am clueless how one goes about it.Aamirs Lagaan was nominated for the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category and the director said: Aamir has experience in how to position an Indian film for the Oscars. Wed be happy to follow his lead. At the moment were yet to devise a strategy for the Oscars. Abhi LA (Los Angeles) door hai.There were talks about a sequel to the film but Basu says that a sequel is definitely out. Where I will take Barfis story when he is already dead? If the producers feel comfortable with the idea theyre welcome to do sequel to Barfi. The Bhatts did a sequel to my film Murder. I was not involved with it.At the moment Barfi seems to have a life beyond what Basu expected.The Oscar nomination is like a bonus. On the day it was announced, I was locked away writing my next script, so I had no clue until late in the night. Let me not be overly modest and let me admit I knew Barfi would be liked by critics and would go to various film festivals. It has already been selected for the Pusan, Marrakesh and the Taipei film festival.What took me by surprise was the popular mandate given to Barfi. I never expected it to be so popular. I always looked up to Rajkumar Hirani for making inspirational films that were warmly embraced by the masses. Now Barfi seems to have done the same.As for the franchise of going into graphic and animation form, the areas are now being seriously explored with many global parties willing to invest in the franchise.
