10 things you didn’t know about Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Oscar entry film Liar’s Dice-Watch trailer!

The film is India’s official entry to the 87th Academy Awards. Here are some unknown facts related to the film

Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Geetanjali Thapa’s Liar’s Dice has become India’s official entry to the Oscars in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. Geethu Mohandas’ Hindi film Liar’s Dice, has been selected by a pre-appointed 12-member jury, which was headed by director T Hariharan. There are loads of facts that are yet unknown to the common man. So we decided to bring some of them to our reader. Here is a list of 10 unknown facts about the film:

-The film was pitted against several films before it was selected as India’s official entry at the Oscars this year. In addition to Hindi films such as Shahid, Queen, Mary Kom, Mardaani and 2 States, regional films Fandry (Marathi), Yellow (Marathi), Apur Pachali (Bengali)and Jatishwar (Bengali) were also considered.

-The film, which has been set all along the Himachal-Tibet border, deals with issue of migration.

-The film has been shot at the Chitkul village in Kinnaur district, Shimla, and many other locations in Delhi including the famous Jama Masjid.

-Such has been the impact of the film that bagged two National Film Awards including, Best Actress for Geetanjali Thapa and Best Cinematography for Rajeev Rai at the 61st National Film Awards.

-Liar’s Dice is Geethu Mohandas’ first Hindi film and her second directorial venture.

-Director Geetu Mohandas is also a popular actress in Malayalam cinema. She had also written the script of the film before her debut short Kelkkunndo in 2008.

-The film’s world premiere was held at Mumbai Film Festival in October 2013, where it took part in the Indian competition section.

-Liar’s Dice was also selected for screening at the Sundance Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam.

-Appreciated at Sofia International Film Festival, ‘Liar’s Dice’ also won a special jury award there.

-The film was shot on a low budget. A small crew was used by the director who completed the film in a month’s time (March, 2012).

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