Indian connections at Oscars (the video is loading, may take long. Please bear with us...)

India may have failed to make it to the official entry for this year's Oscars, nevertheless the 80th Annual Academy Awards does have a couple of Indian connections. To start with Indian born Shekhar Kapur's film Elizabeth: The Golden Age has received two nominations in the best actress category and in the best costume category. If this was not enough best actress nominee Julie Christie also has her roots in India.