[icernet] Race for best in Indian cinema

[Arul Selvan]

This seems like a unique and fair way to judge Indian films — an awards 
process that pits the gamut of regional film fare against Hindi films to 
reveal the best Indian films and talents of the year.

The Rajkamal Academy of Cinematic Excellence (RACE) National Awards is 
an experiment of such nature, on the lines of the Academy of Motion 
Pictures that presents the Oscars.

Formerly known as the V Shantaram Awards, started in 1993 on the 
blueprint drawn out by the late filmmaker Shantaram, RACE shortlists the 
best films in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and ‘other Indian 
languages’ (that includes Marathi and Bengali cinema).

Source:
http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/movies/2002/november/36809.htm