Oscars 2023 Nominations List: Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘Kashmir Files’ shortlisted? 3 Indian films in the race, see list
Oscars 2023 Nominations List: This time three Indian films can compete in the Oscar Awards. Three films have received nominations from the Indian side. However, Rishabh Shetty’s famous film ‘Kantara’ and official entry ‘Chello Show’ failed to make it to the final nomination list. Vivek Agnihotri, the director of ‘Kashmir Files’, claimed a few days back that his famous film has been shortlisted for the Oscars. Know what happened to ‘Kashmir Files’ and which film was selected in which category from India’s side…
New Delhi. The final nomination list for Oscar Award 2023 i.e. 95th Academy Award has been released. Filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ created history by bagging an Oscar nomination in the Best Original Song category with ‘Naatu Naatu’. At the same time, India’s documentary feature films ‘All That Breathes’ and ‘The Elephant Whispers’ have also earned nominations. This time three Indian films are in the race for the Oscar award. On the other hand, the films ‘Chello Show’, ‘Kantara’ and ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ have suffered a major setback. All these films are out of the Oscar race. Know who has got a place in the final nomination…
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi‘ is included in which films from India were excluded from the final nomination list. Alia Bhatt played a memorable character as the main lead of this film. At the same time, Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘The Kashmir Files’, which was in the most controversies last year, has also come out. Rishabh Shetty’s Kannada film ‘Kantara’, which was made in just 16 crores and earned 400 crores, also flopped. On the other hand, the official entry from India was left behind in the last race of nomination in the ‘Chello Show’.
Oscar hopeful with the song ‘Naatu Naatu’
India’s official entry ‘The Last Show’ failed to make it to the final five in the International Feature category. While the Golden Globe Award-winning song ‘Natu Natu’ was sung by ‘Applause’ from ‘Tell It Like a Woman’, ‘Hold My Hand’ from ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, ‘Lift’ from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Me Up” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” received nominations with “This is a Life”. The song ‘Naatu-Naatu’ has been picturized on South’s superstar Ram Charan and Junior NTR. This is the third major international achievement for ‘Naatu Naatu’ composed by MM Keeravani. Keeravani won the Golden Globe as well as the Critics’ Choice Award for the song earlier this month.
After BAFTA, ‘All That Breathes’ hopes for Oscar Award
India’s documentary feature film ‘All That Breathes’ has also made it to the final nomination list. The documentary feature film directed by Shaunak Sen has received nominations in the Best Documentary Feature category along with ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’, ‘Fire of Love’, ‘A House Made of Splinters, and ‘Navalni’. Made in Delhi, this feature film is based on two brothers, Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shahzad, who have dedicated their lives to rescuing and treating injured birds, especially black eagles. Sen has expressed his happiness about getting the nomination.
Last year, the Indian feature documentary ‘Writing with Fire’ was part of the final Oscar nomination list in the documentary feature section, but lost to ‘Summer of Soul’. It was the first Indian documentary feature to be nominated for an Oscar Award.
Tamil documentary also created a stir
Tamil documentary ‘The Elephant Whispers’ also won a nomination in the Documentary Short Subject category. The documentary, directed by Kartiki Gonsalves, has been nominated in the category along with four other films ‘Hallout’, ‘How Do You Measure a Year?’, ‘The Martha Mitchell Effect’ and ‘Stranger at the Gate’. Earlier India’s ‘Smile Pinky’ and ‘Period. End of Sentence” has won the Oscar Award for Documentary Short Film. The winners of the Oscars will be announced on March 12.
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ has received 11 nominations at the Oscars,
the most nominations for the science fiction film ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’. Apart from this, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ have also made a place in many categories. Everything Everywhere All at Once by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan received 11 nominations. 10 films are competing for the Best Film. These include ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, ‘The Banshees of Inishrin’, ‘The Fablemans’, ‘Tar’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, ‘Elvis’, ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, ‘Women Talking’ and ‘Triangle of Sadness’.
These stars are
competing for Best Actress Ana de Armas (Blonde), Kate Blanket (Tar), Andrea Riseborough, (To Leslie), Michelle Williams, (The Fablemans) Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once). In the running for Best Actor are Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inishrin), Austin Butler (Elvis), Bill Nighy (Living), and Paul Meskal (Aftersun).
Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Hong Chau (The Whale), Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inishrin), Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once), and Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once) Vans) are,
Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway), Judd Hirsch (The Fablemans), Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees on Inishrin), Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inishrin), and Ke Hui Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) is nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
These films also made a splash
in the international film category: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ (Germany), ‘Argentina, 1985’ (Argentina), ‘Close’ (Belgium), ‘EO’ (Poland), ‘And the Quiet Girl’ ‘ (Ireland) have made the place. ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, ‘The Banshees of Inishrin’, ‘The Fablemans’, ‘Tar’, and ‘Triangle of Sadness’ received nominations for the original screenplay.
