This international award seasoned promised to be one of the most promising ones in history for Indian films, as Telugu blockbuster RRR scored multiple nominations across several Hollywood awards.
After scoring a ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ nomination at the Golden Globes and winning the ‘Best Song’ award in the same ceremony, the international hit had it’s hopes up to score a ‘Best Picture’ nomination at the Oscars – but it was met with disappointment earlier on Tuesday, as the official Academy nominations were announced.
RRR was not the official entry from India to the Oscars in the ‘Foreign Language’ category, as Gujarati film ‘Chhello Show’ was submitted for the same – because of which Rajamouli campaigned for his film in the main ‘Best Picture’ category for months. But as it turned out – neither of the films made to to the final nominations in their respective categories.
There is still a silver lining for ardent fans of Rajamouli and RRR as the film scored one nomination at the upcoming ceremony, for it’s hit song ‘Naatu Naatu’ in the ‘Best Song’ category.
But the high hopes the makers and fans had in the ‘Best Picture’ and ‘Best Director’ category – for Rajamouli, were met with disappointment, especially when many had predicted a possible win for the film.
Here are the 10 films that are nominated in the ‘Best Picture’ category this year:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Tar
Top Gun Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
So was RRR snubbed?