Rang De Basanti fails at BAFTA as well

Bollywood blockbuster 'Rang De Basanti' lost to Mexican film 'Pan's Labyrinth' at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

The film, which is already out of the Oscar race, was competing with Mexican Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Lanyrinth, Mel Gibson's 'Apocalypto', Pedro Almodovar's 'Volver' and Paul Verhoeven's 'Black Book'.

Rang De Basanti's team was present at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday night for the award ceremony.

The BAFTA awards are renowned as the British Oscars. The film starring Bollywood actors Aamir Khan, Kunal Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan and Alice Patten depicts the awakening of a whole new generation inspired by Indian freedom fighters.

Directed by Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra, the film has earned critical acclaim and commercial success at home. However, India's official entry to the Oscars, 'Rang De Basanti' was voted out of the Best Foreign Film in the shortlist ahead of the nominations for the category last month.