Indo-Americans have asked the HFPA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association) to introduce a new award category in the Golden Globe Awards in 2011 for "best film of Bollywood" for films made in India.
Rajan Zed, the highly acclaimed statesman Indo-American, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today said that India has the largest film industry in the world and therefore it deserved at least a category at the Golden Globes where his films could compete with them. This gesture could bring more credibility to the Golden Globes in the international arena too, since this measure should have been taken long ago that.
Being the President of the Indo-American Leadership Confederation, he also added later that the film in India, based in Bombay and in various regional centers, is known for producing many more films and attract more spectators in the Hollywood set (which released only 610 films in 2008). It is quite unfair for a film so influential not have its own category at the Golden Globes. "The award for Best Foreign Language Film" at the Golden Globes is not a category that does justice to such a large industry, "he added.
The Golden Globes recognize achievements in 25 categories: 14 in movies and 11 television.
The 67th annual ceremony of the Golden Globe Awards will be held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills (California USA) January 17 next.

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