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What was the first Indian film to gain an Oscar entry?

  1. Mother India

  2. Lagaan

  3. Pother Panchali

  4. Salam Bombay
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"Mother India" (1957) was India's first submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1958, making it the first Indian film to gain an Oscar entry. While Lagaan (2001) and Salam Bombay (1988) were later Oscar nominees, and Pother Panchali (1955) was a Bengali film, Mother India holds the distinction of being India's pioneering entry to the Oscars.

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