The 95th Academy Awards is all set to announce its nominations on Tuesday (January 24) and Indians are hopeful that SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus RRR starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR will earn a nod at this year’s Oscars, after their win at Golden Globe Awards. The New York Times’ predictions for Oscars 2023 nominations overlooked RRR in the best picture category and placed their bets on critically-acclaimed films such as The Fabermans and Everything Everywhere All at Once. On the other hand, Variety has predicted that RRR might get a nod in the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards 2023.
According to USA Today’s Oscar nomination predictions, RRR actor NT Rama Rao Jr, who plays a warrior with a mission in the action blockbuster film, might get a nominations nod at the Oscars in the Best Actor category. If Jr NTR wins this, it will be a big achievement for Indian cinema.
However, none of the publications included the Gujarati film, Chhello Show, in their Oscars 2023 nomination predictions list.
We compared the Oscars nomination prediction list of The New York Times, Variety, USA Today, and Hollywood Reporter.
Here’s a complete list of films in the final Oscars 2023 nomination predictions
Best Picture:
- SS Rajamouli’s RRR (Alternate list, Variety)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) (Hollywood Reporter)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24) (Variety)
- Top Gun: Maverick (Hollywood Reporter)
- The Fabelmans (Variety)
- The Banshees of Inisherin (New York Times)
- Elvis (Hollywood Times)
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Best Director
- Todd Field for Tár (New York Times)
- Martin McDonagh for The Banshees of Inisherin (Variety)
- Steven Spielberg for The Fabelmans (Hollywood Reporter)
- Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert for Everything Everywhere All at Once (Hollywood Reporter)
Best Actor
- Jr NTR for RRR (USA Today)
- Austin Butler for Elvis (Hollywood Reporter)
- Colin Farrell for The Banshees of Inisherin (Variety)
- Tom Hanks for A Man Called Otto (New York Times)
- Tom Cruise for Top Gun: Maverick (USA Today)
- Paul Dano for The Batman (USA Today)
- Hugh Jackman for The Son (New York Times)
Best Actress- Keke Palmer for Nope (USA Today)
- Lashana Lynch for The Woman King and Matilda the Musical (USA Today)
- Zoe Kravitz for Kimi (USA Today)
- Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All at Once (Variety)
- Nina Hoss for Tár (Variety)
Original song- Naatu Naatu from RRR (USA Today)
- Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Variety)
- Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Variety)
- Applause from Tell It Like a Woman (Variety)
