Shekhar Kapoor at the Oscars again

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New Delhi, Jan 23: India's official entry for this year's Oscars may have failed to make it to the grade but the 80th Annual Academy Awards will still have a couple of Indian connections.

Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth: The Golden Age has received two nominations—best actress for Aussie star Cate Blanchett and best costume.

Incidentally, Elizabeth, a sequel to Elizabeth: The Golden Age and also directed by Kapur, had won an Oscar in 1998 for best makeup (Jenny Shircore).

Also a nominee in best actress category for her role in Away from Her, Julie Christie has her roots in India.

The veteran actress, who already has an Oscar in her bag (for her performance in Darling in 1965), was born in a tea garden in Assam in 1941. Her father was the manager of the Chabua tea estate. But the family left for London when Christie was six years old. This year, India's entry in the foreign film category—Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Eklavya—The Royal Guard failed to make it to the final five.