<p>As Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow’s Hollywood film Zero Dark Thirty, based on the execution of terrorist Osama Bin Laden, won an Oscar for sound editing at the 85th annual Academy Awards at Los Angeles, an actor-cum-line producer in Chandigarh distributed laddoos.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Darshan Aulakh, who acted as the ISI chief in Zero Dark Thirty, said he was very happy that the film had bagged the award. The film shared the sound editing award with the Bond flick, “Skyfall”. <br /><br />“I simply could not stop myself from breaking into a ‘bhangra’ jig,” said an elated Aulakh, as he distributed sweets during the shooting of the Bollywood film "Besharam" (starring Ranbir Kapoor) being shot here.<br /><br />Aulakh was the line producer for “Zero Dark Thirty”, many parts of which were shot in and around Chandigarh last year. His company, Darshan Aulakh Productions, arranges for the shooting of Bollywood films in this region. He has also acted in Bollywood and Punjabi films.<br /> Bigelow had re-created scenes of Pakistan's towns in Chandigarh's Mani Majra suburb during her shooting here. <br /><br />Indian flavour was predominant at the 85th Academy Awards. “Life of Pi”, widely shot in India with Indian actors, was the biggest winner, winning four awards which included the best director's trophy for Ang Lee. The film is based on Canadian author Yann Martel's Booker Prize-winning eponymous novel and was nominated in 11 categories at the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday.</p>
<p>As Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow’s Hollywood film Zero Dark Thirty, based on the execution of terrorist Osama Bin Laden, won an Oscar for sound editing at the 85th annual Academy Awards at Los Angeles, an actor-cum-line producer in Chandigarh distributed laddoos.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Darshan Aulakh, who acted as the ISI chief in Zero Dark Thirty, said he was very happy that the film had bagged the award. The film shared the sound editing award with the Bond flick, “Skyfall”. <br /><br />“I simply could not stop myself from breaking into a ‘bhangra’ jig,” said an elated Aulakh, as he distributed sweets during the shooting of the Bollywood film "Besharam" (starring Ranbir Kapoor) being shot here.<br /><br />Aulakh was the line producer for “Zero Dark Thirty”, many parts of which were shot in and around Chandigarh last year. His company, Darshan Aulakh Productions, arranges for the shooting of Bollywood films in this region. He has also acted in Bollywood and Punjabi films.<br /> Bigelow had re-created scenes of Pakistan's towns in Chandigarh's Mani Majra suburb during her shooting here. <br /><br />Indian flavour was predominant at the 85th Academy Awards. “Life of Pi”, widely shot in India with Indian actors, was the biggest winner, winning four awards which included the best director's trophy for Ang Lee. The film is based on Canadian author Yann Martel's Booker Prize-winning eponymous novel and was nominated in 11 categories at the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday.</p>