The 95th Oscars started off with a champagne colored carpet and all of Hollywood glamorously spilled at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This year holds special to many Indians, as the song ‘Naatu Naatu’ from the movie RRR won an Oscar for ‘The Best Original Song’ M.M. Keeravani and Chandrabose picked up the Oscars. Another win was Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, bagging an Oscar for ‘Best Documentary Short Film’ – The Elephant Whisperers. Everything Everywhere All at Once, by Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert bagged 7 Academy Awards including Best Lead Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actress Jamie Lee Curtis and Best Supporting Actor Ke Huy Quan. Other winners include,
Best Picture
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, producers
Best Lead Actress
Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Best Lead Actor
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”)
Best Director
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Best Film Editing
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Paul Rogers
Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” — music by M.M. Keeravaani, lyric by Chandrabose
Best Sound
“Top Gun: Maverick” — Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Women Talking” — Sarah Polley
Best Original Screenplay
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Best Visual Effects
“Avatar: The Way of Water” — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
Best Original Score
“All Quiet on the Western Front” — Volker Bertelmann
Best Production Design
“All Quiet on the Western Front” — production design by Christian M. Goldbeck, set decoration by Ernestine Hipper
Best Animated Short Film
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” — Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
Best Documentary Short Film
“The Elephant Whisperers” — Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
Best International Feature Film
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany)
Best Costume Design
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Ruth E. Carter
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“The Whale” — Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley
Best Cinematography
“All Quiet on the Western Front” — James Friend
Best Live Action Short
“An Irish Goodbye” — Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Best Documentary Feature Film
“Navalny” — Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
Best Supporting Actress
Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Best Animated Feature Film
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” — Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley